Cessna XMC (Models 1014, 1029 and 1034)

[robunos]

Don't forget the Cessna XMC....

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cessna_XMC

http://1000aircraftphotos.com/HistoryBriefs/CessnaXMC.htm


cheers,
Robin.

 

[Triton]

Photograph of Cessna XMC research aircraft from 1971 found on eBay.

URL: http://cgi.ebay.com/CESSNA-XMC-RESEARCH-AIRCRAFT-1971-VINTAGE-PHOTO-/260653186275?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0

Seller's description:

Perfect black and white 8 X 10 photograph of the little known Cessna "Experimental Magic Carpet" XMC. Flown as an unshrouded and shrouded prop pusher to test the concept as a replacement for the popular light aircraft models, the Continental powered XMC proved to be loud and expensive. Quite rare and in perfect condition with a few red crop marks in the border. Unattributed and one of the many photographs purchased from a now defunct West Coast aviation magazine.

 

[Stargazer]

Model 1014/1034 XMC-One truly innovative Cessna design was the XMC, a public relations acronym for Experimental Magic Carpet. Probably never intended for production, the single development airplane was built in the early Seventies to test (and publicize) advanced aerodynamics and materials concepts.
A100 hp O-200 Continental engine was mounted behind the two-place cabin with pusher prop. That rearward weight bias necessitated that the pilot and passenger be placed ahead of the slightly swept cantilever wing. It was first flown in January 1971 as the Model 1014, and was reconfigured with a shrouded propeller, spatted nose gear and increased vertical stabilizer area in 1972, when the designation was changed to the Model 1034.
Other experiments with CG effects, control surface location/response, cabin noise levels and relationship of wing to engine and propeller were tested over the next two years before the program ended.

Scanned and (much) restored from the (pretty worn out) cover of PLANE & PILOT Magazine dated April 1971:



There is also another topic with extra pics of the XMC: http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,10820.0

 

[Stargazer]

And here is the four-page article from that selfsame magazine:

 

[Tophe]

Thanks for these extra sources on the XMC. I note the main features were visibility and easy access.