Thorp Aircraft List

[hesham]

Hi,

I spoke before about Thorp aircraft here;
http://www.secretprojects.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,982.msg7740.html#msg7740

but the site is not active,so I found all Infos in it is here;

Thorp T-1 - 1931 Design study of a two place light plane.[2]
Thorp T-2 - 1932 Design study.[2]
Thorp T-3 - 1933 Two/four-place, all-metal, retractable, built by Rudy Paulic.[2]
Thorp T-4 - 1934 Design study.[2]
Thorp T-5 - 1935 Tandem two-place trainer, built by Boeing School.[2]
Thorp T-6 - 1936 Modified T-5 with tricycle landing gear, built by Boeing School.[2]
Thorp T-7 - 1939 Design study of an all-wood airplane.
Thorp T-8 - 1940 Design study.
Thorp T-9 - 1941 Design study.
Mod 33 1942 Lockheed Little Dipper single-place for flying infantryman.
Mod 34 1943 Lockheed Big Dipper two-place single-engine pusher.
Thorp T-10 - 1944 Series "I" Sky Skooter - Taildragger - proposed engine Franklin 2AC-99 50 hp.
Thorp T-11 - 1945 Sky Skooter, 65 hp (48 kW) Lycoming O-145. FAR Part 23 certification.
Thorp TL-1 - 1948 Design study - Liaison Aircraft.
Thorp T-111 - 1953 Sky Skooter, 75 hp (56 kW) Lycoming O-145. FAR Part 23 certification.[citation needed]
Thorp T-211 - 1963 Sky Skooter, 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200. FAR Part 23 certification.
Thorp T-12 - 1945-50 Design study.
Thorp T-13 - 1950 FL-23, high wing observation prototype built by Fletcher Aviation.
Thorp T-14 - 1951 FD-25, "Defender" armed light plane, 225 hp (168 kW) Continental, by Fletcher Aviation.
Thorp T-15 - 1952 FU-24, agricultural aircraft for Aerial Topdressing market, prototype built by Fletcher Aviation, large scale production in New Zealand.
Thorp T-16 - 1956-58 180 hp, Piper Cherokee preliminary design. PA-28 first built with 150 hp (110 kW).
Thorp T-17 - 1958 Wing Derringer original design. Began as twin engine Skooter.
Thorp T-18 Tiger - 1960 All-metal two-place, high-performance homebuilt.
Don Taylor's T-18 was first homebuilt to fly around the world.
Clive Canning flew his T-18 from Australia to England and return.
Thorp T-19 - 1962 Design study - Four-place, twinjet aircraft using Williams Research engine.
Thorp T-20 - 1971 Design study - Single-place, open-cockpit sport plane
Thorp T-21 - 1971 Design study - Utility airplane.
Thorp T-22 - 1972 Design study - Sport plane.
Thorp T-23 - 1972 Design study - Single-place high-performance sport plane.
Thorp SE5-F replica - Prototype built.
Thorp T-28 - 1974 Design study - Two-place, twin-engine airplane based on the T-18.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_(T)

 

[Stargazer]

Link's not working, but the list is correct, nothing valuable to add to it, just a little more details on a couple of designations: T-3 was produced as the XT-3B, which was modified 20 years later as the T-3B-1; there was also a T-18-2, though I have no details about that. I strongly suspect T-8 and T-9 to simply have been Thorp's own designations for the Little Dipper and Big Dipper designs, but I haven't yet found confirmation of that.

 

[hesham]

My dear Skyblazer,

here is the right source;

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_aircraft_(Th)

 

[Apophenia]

... there was also a T-18-2 ...

The FAA Registry lists Thorp T-18 s/n 405 N3706 as a T-18-2. That aircraft, built in 1974, is also listed as a Ford engine conversion. The exhaust stubs suggest a V-6 - suggesting Javelin Aircraft's 1986 2.8 litre Ford V-6 conversion. I'm not sure if that T-18-2 designation predates the Ford engine installation.

http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNum_Results.aspx?nNumberTxt=3706
http://www.airport-data.com/aircraft/N3706.html

BTW: That Wikipedia Thorp designation list was derived from a Private Pilot Magazine article by Don Downie. Downie gives the 1942 T-10 study as the original Little Dipper. Other sources give the T-10 as a side-by-side seating Little Dipper derivative. So, I'm with you on the T-8 and T-9 being Thorp's designations for the Little Dipper and Big Dipper.

 

[hesham]

Thank you for the Info my dear Apophenia.

 

[sienar]

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