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Cook Challenger

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JC-1 Challenger
Role Cabin Monoplane
Manufacturer Cook Aircraft Corporation
Designer John Cook
First flight May 1969
Number built 4

The Cook JC-1 Challenger was a 1960s American cabin monoplane built by the Cook Aircraft Corporation.

Development

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John Cook founded the Cook Aircraft Corporation in 1968 at Torrance, California to build and market his JC-1 Challenger cabin monoplane design.[1]

The Challenger was a low-winged cantilever four-seat monoplane with an all-metal construction. It was powered by a single 150 horsepower (110 kW) Lycoming O-320 piston engine and had a fixed nosewheel undercarriage. Two prototypes were built, the first aircraft flew in May 1969.[1] A third prototype was built in 1971 but crashed in 1972 killing the pilot Cook. A fourth modified prototype was built by the company but was never certified and the company stop all design and development in the mid 1970s.


Specifications

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Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72[1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 3 passengers
  • Length: 22 ft 0 in (6.71 m)
  • Wingspan: 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
  • Height: 8 ft 0 in (2.44 m)
  • Wing area: 131.2 sq ft (12.19 m2)
  • Aspect ratio: 5.7:1
  • Airfoil: NACA 23015
  • Empty weight: 1,180 lb (535 kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,150 lb (975 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 40 US gal (150 L; 33 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-320-E2A air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 150 hp (110 kW)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Sensenich metal fixed pitch, 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) diameter

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 150 mph (240 km/h, 130 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 125 mph (201 km/h, 109 kn) at 7,000 ft (2,135 m) (econ cruise)
  • Stall speed: 54 mph (87 km/h, 47 kn) flaps down
  • Never exceed speed: 185 mph (298 km/h, 161 kn)
  • Range: 691 mi (1,112 km, 600 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 15,000 ft (4,600 m)
  • Rate of climb: 700 ft/min (3.6 m/s)
  • Take-off run to 50 ft (15 m): 1,020 ft (310 m)
  • Landing run from 50 ft (15 m): 1,020 ft (310 m)

References

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  1. ^ a b c Taylor 1971, pp. 292–293.
  • Taylor, John W. R. (1971). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1971–72. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co., Ltd. ISBN 0-354-00094-2.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 269.
  • aerofiles.com


See also

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