The Meyers OTW ( Out To Win ) was a 1930s United States training biplane designed by Allen Meyers and built by his Meyers Aircraft Company from 1936 to 1944.
4-530: In anticipation for a demand for training aircraft caused by the introduction of a civilian war training scheme (in which civil flying schools would provide primary training for the military), Allen Meyers designed the OTW and formed the Meyers Aircraft Company to build it. The OTW was a conventional biplane with tandem seating for two in open cockpits and a fixed tailwheel landing gear. The prototype
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
16-636: Was powered by a 125 hp (93 kW) Warner Scarab engine and it first flew on 10 May 1936. The aircraft was produced in two main variants; the OTW-145 powered by a 145 hp (108 kW) Warner Super Scarab , and the OTW-160 powered by a 160 hp (119 kW) Kinner R-5 engine. Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. General characteristics Performance Related development Warner Scarab The Warner Scarab
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