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Custer Channel Wing
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Author: RuthAS Permission (Reusing this file) my own photo
The Custer Channel Wing was a series of American-built experimental aircraft designs of the 1940s and 1950s incorporating a half-barrel shaped section to each wing.
was called the Custer Channel Wing for its inventor. Several models
were built; the performance was so astonishing no one really believed
it.1
Custer Channel Wing aircraft of FIGS. 1-3 and the transverse shaft 28
with blades 30 in the aircraft of FIGS.2
sometime officer of Defendant Custer Channel Wing Corporation, in
Puckett's action to recover a debt owed by the corporation.3
Made by Custer Channel Wing Corporation.
Empty Weight Lb
3675
Designer
Willard Ray Custer
Eng 1 Type
piston
Max Speed Mph
200
Ceiling Ft
22000
Cruise Speed Mph
180
Max Takeoff Weight Lb
5400
Introduced
1953
Status
Developed From
CCW-1 Channel Wing
Span In
2
Gross Weight Lb
4925
Capacity
4
Span Ft
41
Number Built
2
Crew
1
Climb Rate Ftmin
2500
Height In
10
Manufacturer
Range Miles
1150
First Flight
13
Eng 1 Name
Continental O-470
Production End Year
1964
Height Ft
10
Origin
United States
National Origin
United States
Production Start Year
1953
Length Ft
28
Prime Units
imp
Eng 1 Hp
260
Eng 1 Number
2
Produced
1953
Length In
8
Category