Davis D-1

Davis D-1
Davis D-1
Airworthy Davis D-1-W with 125 h.p. Warner Scarab at Bartow Municipal Airport, Florida, in April 2009
Role light sports aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Davis Aircraft Corporation
Introduction 1929
Status some still flying
Primary user private pilot owners
Produced 1929-1930

The Davis D-1 is an American light two-seat parasol-winged monoplane of the late 1920s.

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Development and design

The Davis D-1 was developed from the Davis V-3, which in turn was developed from the Vulcan American Moth. The Davis Aircraft Corporation had its factory at Richmond, Indiana. The D-1 is a parasol-winged aircraft of mixed construction with a two-spar wing and a rectangular welded steel-tube fuselage, the whole being covered by fabric. There are tandem open cockpits and it is fitted with a fixed tailwheel undercarriage which is attached by struts to the fuselage top and bottom. The wing is braced by struts from the lower fuselage. Various engines of between 60 to 125 hp (45 to 93 kW) have been fitted.[1]

Operational history

The D-1 was used from 1929 by sporting pilots and by private pilot owners for leisure flying. In September 1930, Art Chester bought a Davis D-1-85 parasol, and flew it to victory in the 1930 National Air Races.[2] Most were sold in the United States but at least one went to Argentina. Fourteen examples remained in 2001 in various states of airworthiness[3] and several are still airworthy in 2011.

Variants

(Data from Aerofiles)

D-1 
60 hp (45 kW) LeBlond 5D (23 built)
D-1-166 
85 hp (63 kW) LeBlond 5DF (4 built)
D-1-K 
100 hp (75 kW) Kinner K-5 (10-15 built)
D-1-L 
prototype of the D-1-166 with 90 hp (67 kW) Lambert R-266 (1 built - also known as D-1-85)
D-1-W 
125 hp (93 kW) Warner Scarab (8 converted from D-1-K)

Specifications (D-1-W)

Data from Green

General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 20 ft 4 in (6.20 m)
  • Wingspan: 30 ft 2 in (9.19 m)
  • Height: 7 ft 3 in (2.21 m)
  • Empty weight: 925 lb (420 kg)
  • Gross weight: 1,461 lb (663 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Warner Scarab seven-cylinder radial air-cooled piston, 125 hp (93 kW)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 142 mph (229 km/h; 123 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 122 mph (106 kn; 196 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 46 mph (40 kn; 74 km/h)
  • Range: 480 mi (417 nmi; 772 km)
  • Service ceiling: 14,800 ft (4,511 m)

Notes

  1. ^ Green p.223
  2. ^ "Davis D-1-W". http://www.airventuremuseum.org/collection/aircraft/Davis%20D-1-W.asp. Retrieved 18 May 2011. 
  3. ^ Simpson p.176-177

References

  • Green, William, The Aircraft of the World, 1965, MacDonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd, no isbn
  • Simpson, R.W., Airlife's World Aircraft, Airlife Publishing Ltd, 2001, ISBN 1-84037-115-3

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