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weight and performance calculations for the Fairchild FW-2W
Fairchild FW-2W
role : medium weight passenger aircraft
importance : ****
first flight : FW-2 : 14 Juni 1926 operational : July 1928
country : United States of America
design : Alexander Klemin & Norman McQueen
production : 118 FC-2 and 14 FC-2W aircraft, 14 FC-2 built under license by Canadian
Vickers
general information :
Popular utility / multi-purpose aircraft
users :
crew : 1 passengers : 4
engine : 1 Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp air-cooled 9 -cylinder radial engine 450 [hp]
(335.6 KW) compressor height 500
dimensions :
wingspan : 15.24 [m], length : 9.45 [m], height : 2.74[m]
wing area : 30.5 [m^2]
weights :
max.take-off weight : 2084 [kg]
empty weight operational : 1239 [kg] useful load : 400 [kg]
performance :
maximum speed :216 [km/hr] at sea-level
cruise speed :194 [km/u] op 100 [m]
service ceiling : 4570 [m]
range : 1567 [km]
description :
parasol wing with fixed landing gear and tail strut
two spar wing
engines, landing gear, fuel and useful load in or attached to the fuselage
wings can be folded for easy storage
airscrew :
ground adjustable 3 -bladed metal Hamilton Standard tractor propeller with max.
efficiency :0.71 [ ]
diameter airscrew 2.89 [m]
angle of attack prop : 14.13 [ ]
fine pitch
reduction : 1.00 [ ]
airscrew revs : 2100 [r.p.m.]
pitch at Max speed 1.71 [m]
blade-tip speed at Vmax and max revs. : 323 [m/s]
calculation : *1* (dimensions)
measured wing chord : 2.13 [m]
mean wing chord : 2.00 [m]
calculated wing chord (rounded tips): 2.13 [m]
wing aspect ratio : 7.62 []
seize (span*length*height) : 395 [m^3]
calculation : *2* (fuel consumption)
oil consumption : 5.4 [kg/hr]
fuel consumption(cruise speed) : 72.8 [kg/hr] (99.3 [litre/hr]) at 70 [%] power
distance flown for 1 kg fuel : 2.67 [km/kg] at 2285 [m] cruise height, sfc : 308.6 [kg/kwh]
estimated total fuel capacity : 908 [litre] (666 [kg])
calculation : *3* (weight)
weight engine(s) dry : 340.0 [kg] = 1.01 [kg/KW]
weight 66.2 litre oil tank : 5.63 [kg]
oil tank filled with 2.5 litre oil : 2.3 [kg]
oil in engine 1.9 litre oil : 1.7 [kg]
fuel in engine 2.3 litre fuel : 1.68 [kg]
weight 42.2 litre gravity patrol tank(s) : 6.3 [kg]
weight inertia starter : 8.2 [kg]
weight airscrew incl. boss & bolts : 51.3 [kg]
total weight propulsion system : 411 [kg](19.7 [%])
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Fuel tanks : 3 x40 and 2 x 60 US gallon = 240 US gallon = 908.4 litre
fuselage skeleton (steel tubes) : 4.87 [cm]): 176 [kg]
cabin layout : pitch : 87 [cm] (1+1) seating in 2.0 rows
pathway is very narrow > check !
weight 1 fire extinguisher : 3 [kg]
weight 4.0 windows : 3.60 [kg]
passenger cabin width : 1.03 [m] cabin length : 1.74 [m] cabin height : 1.80 [m]
weight cabin furbishing : 6.31 [kg]
weight cabin floor : 11.50 [kg]
bracing : 11.8 [kg]
fuselage covering ( 16.9 [m2] doped linen fabric) : 5.2 [kg]
weight instruments. : 2.5 [kg]
weight lighting : 1.1 [kg]
weight controls : 5.5 [kg]
weight seats : 25.0 [kg]
weight 866 [litre] main fuel tank empty : 69.3 [kg]
weight air conditioning : 6 [kg]
weight engine mounts & firewalls : 17 [kg]
total weight fuselage : 344 [kg](16.5 [%])
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weight plywood wing covering : 37 [kg]
total weight ribs (57 ribs) : 124 [kg]
load on front upper spar (clmax) per running metre : 950.4 [N]
load on rear upper spar (vmax) per running metre : 396.4 [N]
total weight 4 spars : 126 [kg]
weight wings : 287 [kg]
weight wing/square meter : 9.41 [kg]
weight wing folding system : 22 [kg]
cantilever wing without bracing cables
weight fin & rudder (2.7 [m2]) : 25.8 [kg]
weight stabilizer & elevator (3.4 [m2]): 32.5 [kg]
total weight wing surfaces & bracing : 367 [kg] (17.6 [%])
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wheel pressure : 1042.0 [kg]
weight 2 wheels (760 [mm] by 150 [mm]) : 42.9 [kg]
weight tailskid : 4.3 [kg]
weight undercarriage with axle 47.0 [kg]
total weight landing gear : 94.2 [kg] (4.5 [%]
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calculated empty weight : 1216 [kg](58.4 [%])
weight oil for 9.7 hours flying : 51.9 [kg]
calculated operational weight empty : 1268 [kg] (60.9 [%])
published operational weight empty : 1239 [kg] (59.5 [%])
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weight crew : 81 [kg]
weight fuel for 2.0 hours flying : 146 [kg]
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operational weight empty: 1495 [kg](71.7 [%])
weight 4 passengers : 308 [kg]
weight luggage & freight : 92 [kg]
operational weight loaded: 1895 [kg](90.9 [%])
fuel reserve : 189.2 [kg] enough for 2.60 [hours] flying
operational weight fully loaded : 2084 [kg] with fuel tank filled for 50 [%]
published maximum take-off weight : 2084 [kg] (100.0 [%])
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calculation : * 4 * (engine power)
power loading (Take-off) : 6.21 [kg/kW]
power loading (operational without useful load) : 4.45 [kg/kW]
total power : 335.6 [kW] at 2100 [r.p.m]
calculation : *5* (loads)
manoeuvre load : 3.0 [g] at 1000 [m]
limit load : 3.0 [g] ultimate load : 4.5 [g] load factor : 1.8 [g]
design flight time : 5.64 [hours]
design cycles : 2489 sorties, design hours : 14044 [hours]
operational wing loading : 481 [N/m^2]
wing stress (3 g) during operation : 153 [N/kg] at 3g emergency manoeuvre
calculation : *6* (angles of attack)
angle of attack zero lift : -1.18 ["]
max. angle of attack (stalling angle) : 12.39 ["]
angle of attack at max. speed : 1.42 ["]
calculation : *7* (lift & drag ratios
lift coefficient at angle of attack 0° :0.10 [ ]
lift coefficient at max. angle of attack : 1.15 [ ]
lift coefficient at max. speed : 0.22 [ ]
induced drag coefficient at max. speed : 0.0027 [ ]
drag coefficient at max. speed : 0.0593 [ ]
drag coefficient (zero lift) : 0.0566 [ ]
calculation : *8* (speeds
stalling speed at sea-level (OW loaded : 2011 [kg]): 109 [km/u]
landing speed at sea-level: 128 [km/hr]
min. drag speed (max endurance) : 134 [km/hr] at 2285 [m] (power:35 [%])
min. power speed (max range) : 134 [km/hr] at 2285 [m] (power:35 [%])
max. rate of climb speed : 124.7 [km/hr] at sea-level
cruising speed : 194 [km/hr] op 2285 [m] (power:69 [%])
design speed prop : 205 [km/hr]
maximum speed : 216 [km/hr] op 100 [m] (power:104 [%])
climbing speed at sea-level : 567 [m/min]
calculation : *9* (regarding various performances)
take-off speed : 133.4 [km/u]
static prop wash : 208 [km/u]
take-off distance at sea-level : 120 [m]
lift/drag ratio : 8.90 [ ]
climb to 1000m with max payload : 2.95 [min]
climb to 2000m with max payload : 6.71 [min]
climb to 3000m with max payload : 11.36 [min]
practical ceiling (operational weight 1495 [kg] ) : 7348 [m]
practical ceiling fully loaded (mtow- 30 min.fuel:2048 [kg] ) : 5763 [m]
max. dive speed : 405.8 [km/hr] at 4763 [m] height
turning speed at CLmax : 163.9 [km/u] at 50 [m] height
turn radius at 50m: 74 [m]
time needed for 360* turn 10.2 [seconds] at 50m
load factor at max. angle turn 3.02 ["g"]
calculation *10* (action radius & endurance)
published range : 1567 [km] with 1 crew and 148.0 [kg] useful load and 88.1 [%] fuel
range : 894 [km] with 1 crew and 400.0 [kg] useful load and 50.3 [%] fuel
range : 1033 [km] with 4.0 passengers with each 10 [kg] luggage and 58.1 [%] fuel
Available Seat Kilometers (ASK) : 4132 [paskm]
max range theoretically with additional fuel tanks total 1002.4 [litre] fuel : 1962.4 [km]
useful load with range 500km : 548 [kg]
useful load with range 500km : 4 passengers
production (useful load): 106.44 [tonkm/hour]
production (passengers): 777.60 [paskm/hour]
oil and fuel consumption per tonkm : 0.73 [kg]
oil and fuel consumption per paskm : 0.10 [kg]
fuel cost per paskm : 0.10 [eur]
crew cost per paskm : 0.19 [eur]
economic hours : 12775 [hours] is less then design hours
time between engine failure : 165 [hr]
writing off per paskm : 0.09 [eur]
insurance per paskm : 0.0524 [eur]
maintenance cost per paskm : 0.2611 [eur]
direct operating cost per paskm : 0.70 [eur]
Literature :
Praktisch handbook vliegtuigen deel 2
Piston-engined airliners
Fairchild FC-2W2 | Canada Aviation and Space Museum (ingeniumcanada.org)
Fairchild FC-2W2 Stars and Stripes | National Air and Space Museum (si.edu)
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