The Cessna GC-1 was an air racer built to compete in the Cirrus All American Air Derby in 1930.
4-665: Cessna built the GC-1 for Blackwell Aviation to compete for a $ 25,000 prize in the 1930 Cirrus All American Air Derby. Blackwell registered the Cessna GC-1 NR-144V. The aircraft was a mid-wing open cockpit taildragger. The landing gear was attached by struts to both the fuselage, and the wing spar. A more powerful version with a shortened fuselage was built as the GC-2, powered by a 110 hp (82 kW) Warner Scarab 7-cylinder radial engine. Stanley Stanton placed seventh in
8-661: Is an American seven-cylinder radial aircraft engine , that was manufactured by the Warner Aircraft Corporation of Detroit , Michigan in 1928 through to the early 1940s. In military service the engine was designated R-420 . Among the many uses for the Scarab, the engine was fitted to the Cessna Airmaster and the Fairchild 24 (UC-61 or Argus). Notably, in 1942, it was put into use powering
12-792: The Sikorsky R-4 , the first helicopter to be put into production. Many of these reliable engines soldier on today, still powering the aircraft to which they were originally mounted. The Warner 145 and 165 hp engines are the most commonly seen of the small radials for US-built pre-World War II era aircraft, in large part because of good parts availability due to the engines having been used on World War II Fairchild UC-61s and Meyers OTWs. Warner engines are also in demand as realistically sized, though far more powerful, replacement powerplants for many replica or restored World War I era airplanes which were originally fitted with rotary engines . Data from FAA Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS)., Jane's all
16-582: The 1930 Cirrus All American Air Derby with the GC-1. The press proclaimed the racer the "Winged Torpedo". E.B Smith flew the aircraft in the 1930 National Air Races placing fourth with an average speed of 137.4 mph. The GC-1 was destroyed in a landing accident, in collision with a mail plane at the Kansas City Municipal Airport . Data from Sport Aviation General characteristics Performance Related development Warner Scarab The Warner Scarab
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