High Gallery
 |
U. S. Military Aircraft
|
|
With its Fairchild 22 Model C7 selling well, the manufacturer decided to produce an improved version as the Fairchild 24 Model C8, which was in essence the C7 revised with a 95-hp A. C. E. Cirrus inline engine and enclosed accommodation filling the gap between the upper fuselage and the braced parasol wing. The C8 was certified in April 1932, and proved very successful in a large numbers of variants. In 1941 the US Army Air Corps adopted a version on the Model 24W41 as the C-61, (later UC-61 Forwarder, for the light transport and communication. Production of the type for military purposes totaled 1,008 aircraft and under the terms of the Lean Lease Act most of these were transferred to Great Britain, Whose Royal Air Force gave the name Argus to the type. |
TECHNICAL DATA
| Description | Specifications |
| Manufacturer: Fairchild | Length: 23 ft. 10.25 in. |
| First Flight: | Height: 7 ft. 7.7 in. |
| Model: K | Wing Span: 36 ft. 4 in. |
| Crew: One | Wing Area: 193.3 sq. in. |
| Nickname: Forwarder | Empty Weight: 1,813 lb. |
| Basic Role: Utility and light transport. | Max. Weight: 2,882 lb. |
| Other
Versions: UC-61 new build and three impressed
aircraft with the 145-hp Warner R-500-1
Super Scarab to RAF as Argus Mk I. UC-61A new build and three impressed Model 24W41A aircraft with the new 165-hp. Super Scarab to RAF as Argus Mk II. UC-61B to UC-61J impressed aircraft. UC-61K Forwarder new buils aircraft all to RAF as Argus Mk III. UC-86 impressed Model 24R40s with the 165-hp Ranger G-410-B1 inline. GK-1 Model 24W40s impressed by the Navy and J2K-1/2 model 24Rs impressed by the Coast Guard. |
Payload: Two passenger. |
| Principal User: Australia, Canada, Great Britain, and USA. |
Propulsion |
|
Performance |
Power Plant: Ranger L-44-7 inline piston engine. |
| Range: 465 miles. | Horsepower: 200-hp. |
| Max. Speed: 124 mph. | No. Of Engines: One |
| Ceiling: 12,700 ft. | |
| Climb Rate: |