Loening M-2 Kitten
1910s American aircraft
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The Loening M-2 Kitten was a light aircraft produced in the United States at the end of the 1920s, for use aboard capital ships and submarines of the United States Navy (USN).
| M-2 Kitten | |
|---|---|
| Loening M-2 Kitten in 1918 | |
| General information | |
| Type | Ultralight |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Loening |
| Primary user | United States Navy |
| Number built | 3 (plus 1 x Loening M-3) |
| History | |
| First flight | 1918 |
Design
The M-2 was a small monoplane designed for operation from battleships or submarines, with either floats or wheels for operations. Three aircraft were built with USN serials A442-A444;[1] the first used an ABC Gnat, but the others were powered by a Lawrance L-3 radial engine.
Loening developed a dedicated floatplane version of the M-2, the Loening M-3, of which one airframe (Navy serial A5469) was built for the Navy.[2]
Specifications (M-2 landplane)
Data from Aerofiles : Loening[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: Landplane: 224 lb (102 kg)
- Floatplane: 240 lb (110 kg)
- Length: 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)
- Floatplane: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
- Wingspan: 22 ft (6.7 m)
- Floatplane: 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m)
- Gross weight: 240 lb (109 kg)
- Powerplant: × Lawrance L-3 3-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 55 hp (41 kW) (#2 and #3)
- (#1) 32 hp (24 kW) ABC Gnat 2-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine
Performance
- Maximum speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)