Aeronca C-3

what is it?

The Aeronca C-3 was a light plane built by the Aeronautical Corporation of America in the United States during the 1930s.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 11 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 152 km/htop speed
• range 322 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 1passengers
• size 456 kgmax take-off weight
• built 400made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🚗Wingspan of 11 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

400

role

ultra-light monoplane

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Aeronca

engines

1× Aeronca E-113C horizontally opposed 2 cylinder piston engine

crew

1

passengers

1

length

6.1 m

wingspan

11 m

height

2.4 m

max take-off weight

456 kg

top speed

152 km/h

range

322 km

ceiling

3,659 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.