Maroto E-1
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| Maroto E-1 | |
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| A Maroto E-1 in 1937. | |
Role
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Reconnaissance plane |
National origin
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 Creeperopolis
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Manufacturer
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Maroto Aircraft Company |
First flight
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1925 |
Introduction
|
1925 |
Retired
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1937 |
Status
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All aircraft destroyed |
Primary users
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Creeperian Air Force Creeperian Army |
Produced
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1925–1930 |
Number built
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30 |
Developed from
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Maroto A-1 |
Developed into
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Maroto FA-1 |
The Maroto E-1 was a Creeperian single-engine piston biplane reconnaissance aircraft built by the Maroto Aircraft Company. The aircraft was the first used by the Creeperian Army and the Creeperian Air Force, which was formed the year the E-1 first flew.
Contents
History
The Maroto E-1 was the first plane built for the Creeperian Army. Additionally, the Creeperian government formed the Creeperian Air Force in 1925 and allocated 20 E-1s to it. The E-1 was used for military reconnaissance. The E-1 was used by the Catholic Imperial Restoration Council during the Creeperian Civil War. All E-1 aircraft were destroyed by 1937.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
- Wingspan: 40 ft 10 in (12.45 m)
- Height: 10 ft 0 in (3.05 m)
- Wing area: 362 sq ft (33.6 m2)
- Empty weight: 2,857 lb (1,296 kg)
- Gross weight: 4,484 lb (2,034 kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 4,550 lb (2,064 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 110 US gal (92 imp gal; 420 l) in a single fuselage tank ahead of and below the pilot's cockpit
- Powerplant: 1 × Reyes C-1 V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 435 hp (324 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed metal propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 134.5 mph (216.5 km/h, 116.9 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 110 mph (180 km/h, 96 kn)
- Range: 512 mi (824 km, 445 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 16,900 ft (5,200 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,075 ft/min (5.46 m/s)
- Wing loading: 12.4 lb/sq ft (61 kg/m2)
- Power/mass: 0.0971 hp/lb (0.1596 kW/kg)
Armament
- 2× 0.30 in (7.62 mm) Figueroa-30 machine gun
- 400 lb (181 kg) of disposable stores carried under the lower wing
