series of pioneering aircraft
Explorer
The Lockheed Explorer was the least successful wooden airplane design produced by the Lockheed Aircraft Company. The Vega fuselage was combined with a cantilevered low wing. Seating for a single pilot was provided in an open cockpit behind the wings.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Lockheed Corporation
- Country of origin
- United States
- First flight
- 1929-06-01
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 143 kt
- Max speed
- 143 kt
- Range
- 4,800 nm
- Service ceiling
- 8,200 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,200 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 9,008 lb
- Empty weight
- 3,075 lb
- Powerplant
- 1 × Pratt & Whitney Wasp
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 27.5 ft
- Wingspan
- 48.5 ft
- Height
- 8.2 ft
- Number built
- 4
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.