Fairchild 22

22 Model C7

Fairchild 22 C7B
Role	Two-seat light touring or training monoplane
Manufacturer	Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
First flight	1931
Produced	1931-1935
Number built	127

The Fairchild 22 Model C7 was an American two-seat touring or training monoplane designed and built by the Kreider-Reisner division of the Fairchild Aircraft Corporation at Hagerstown, Maryland.

Development

The aircraft was designed by Kreider-Reisner during negotiations by Sherman Fairchild to take a major share in the company. Marketed as the Fairchild 22 Model C7 the aircraft was certified in March 1931. The Fairchild 22 was a mixed-construction, braced parasol-wing monoplane with a fixed tailwheel landing gear and a braced tail unit. It had two tandem open cockpits and was initially powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Genet radial engine. After test flying the prototype the first production aircraft were re-engined with a 75 hp (56 kW) Michigan Rover inverted inline engine. The aircraft was fitted with both inline and radial piston engines.

Variants

C7: Powered by a 75hp Michigan Rover four-cylinder inverted inline piston engine (13 built)
C7A: Powered by a 95hp Cirrus Hi-Drive four-cylinder inverted inline piston engine (58 built).
C7B: Powered by a 125hp Menasco C-4 Pirate four-cylinder inverted inline piston engine (eight built).

Fairchild Model C7D

C7D: Powered by a 90hp Wright Gipsy four-cylinder upright inline piston engine (one C-7C and 22 C-7D built).
C7E: Powered by a 125hp Warner Scarab seven-cylinder radial piston engine (11 built).
C7F: Powered by a 145hp Warner Super Scarab seven-cylinder radial piston engine (nine built).
C7G: Aerobatic version, powered by a 145hp Warner Super Scarab seven-cylinder radial piston engine (six built).

XR2K-1 at Langley

XR2K-1: Military designation for one Scarab powered Model 22 impressed into service and used by NACA.

Specifications (C7F)

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1640

General characteristics

Crew: two
Length: 22 ft 3 in (6.78 m)
Wingspan: 33 ft 0 in (10.06 m)
Height: 7 ft 11 in (2.41 m)
Wing area: 173 ft² (16.07 m²)
Empty weight: 1102 lb (500 kg)
Gross weight: 1750 lb (794 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Warner Super Scarab 7-cyliner radial piston engine, 145 hp (108 kW)

Performance

Maximum speed: 133 mph (214 km/h)
Range: 350 miles (563 km)
Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6095 m)

Operators

Colombia

Colombian Air Force

References

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 1640
Williams Aircraft Collection - Fairchild 22 restoration and history

External links

Media related to Fairchild 22 at Wikimedia Commons

Aircraft produced by Fairchild Aircraft, subsidiaries, and successor companies

Manufacturer
designations

21
22
24
41
42
45
46
51
61
62
71
72
77
78/78
79
80
81
82
84
91
100
105
107
110
135
140
150
164
203
205
224
473
484
538

By role

Experimental	VZ-5 XC-120 XBQ-3 XH-26

Passenger transports	FC-1 FC-2 21 22 24 41 42 45 46 51 71 72 81 82 91 92 100 135 140 150 228 PC-6

Military trainers	AT-21 PT-19 PT-23 PT-26 XNQ

Military transports	AU-23 C-26 C-82 C-119 C-123

Fairchild (Canada)

Fairchild-Dornier

Fairchild Hiller

Fairchild Republic

A-10
T-46

Fairchild Swearingen

American Helicopter

XA-5
XA-6
XA-8

See also: Ranger/Fairchild aeroengines

USN/USMC transport designations 1931–1962

Atlantic Aircraft	RA

Budd	RB

Curtiss	RC R2C⁴ R3C⁴ R4C R5C

Douglas	RD R2D R3D R4D R5D R6D

Bellanca	RE

Kinner	RK

Kreider-Reisner	RK² R2K

Martin	RM

Lockheed	RO R2O R3O R4O R5O R6O R7O-1/-2 to "V"

Stinson	RQ R2Q² R3Q

Fairchild	RQ R2Q R3Q² R4Q

Ford	RR

Sikorsky	RS

Northrop	RT

Lockheed	from "O" R6V R7V-1/-2 R8V

Convair	RY R2Y R3Y R4Y

¹ Not assigned • ² Assigned to a different manufacturer's type • ³ Sequence restarted • ⁴ Assigned to a different class of aircraft

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