.jpg)
4 photos from Wikimedia Commons · credits & licences
- 1. 1940 Culver Cadet: FlugKerl2· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 2. CC-PDB Culver LFA Cadet (7322393750): Aeroprints.com· CC BY-SA 3.0
- 3. Culver Cadet "LV-NBS": Ale1972Mirko· CC BY-SA 4.0
- 4. Culver LCA Cadet NC41621 HARM Coeur MO 10.06.06R edited-4: RuthAS· CC BY 3.0
what is it?
The Culver Cadet is an American two-seat light monoplane aircraft, also as a radio-controlled drone, produced by the Culver Aircraft Company.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.2 m wingspan
base stats
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
- First flew 87 years ago, in 1939.
- Top speed is 1.8× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1939
- number built
- 600
- role
- two-seat light monoplane
- origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- makers
- Culver Aircraft Company
- engines
- 1× Franklin 4AC-176-F3
- length
- 5.4 m
- wingspan
- 8.2 m
- height
- 1.7 m
- max take-off weight
- 592 kg
- top speed
- 228 km/h
- cruise speed
- 209 km/h
- range
- —
- ceiling
- 5,182 m
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q564077, Wikipedia: Culver Cadet (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.