Auster Autocar

Auster Autocar

infobox Aircraft
name = J-5 Autocar
type = Touring aircraft
manufacturer = Auster Aircraft Limited


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The Auster J-5 Autocar was a 1940s British single-engined four-seat high-wing touring monoplane built by Auster Aircraft Limited at Rearsby, Leicestershire.

History

The company recognised a need for a four-seat touring aircraft to complement the three-seat Auster Autocrat. The aircraft looked similar to the Autocrat, but was a new model featuring wing-root fuel tanks and an enlarged cabin.

A demand for a more powerful version for the tropics produced in 1950 the J-5E powered by a 155 hp (116 kW) Blackburn Cirrus Major engine. This was further developed as the J-5G first flown in 1951.

Variants

* Auster J-5B Autocar - production version.
* Auster J-5E Autocar - prototype export version with a Blackburn Cirrus Major 3 engine.
* Auster J-5G Autocar - export version with a Blackburn Cirrus Major 3 engine.
* Auster J-5GL - one Auster J-5G fitted with an Avco Lycoming piston engine.
* Auster J-5H Autocar - with Blackburn Cirrus Major 2 engine, one rebuilt from J-5B
* Auster J-5P Autocar - version with a de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 engine.
* Auster J-5V Autocar - development aircraft with 160 hp (199 kW) Avco Lycoming O-320 engine.

Military Operators

;AUS
*Royal Australian Navy
**No. 723 Squadron RAN
**No. 724 Squadron RAN
**No. 725 Squadron RAN;NZL
*Royal New Zealand Air Force
**No. 3 Squadron RNZAF
**No. 6 Squadron RNZAF
**No. 42 Squadron RNZAF
**Air Reconnaissance Flight

pecifications (J-5B)

aircraft specification

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=3
length main= 23 ft 4 in
length alt= 7.11 m
span main= 36 ft
span alt= 10.97 m
height main= 6 ft 6 in
height alt= 1.98 m
area main= 185 ft²
area alt= 17.19 m²
empty weight main= 1,334 lb
empty weight alt= 605 kg
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
max takeoff weight main= 2,400 lb
max takeoff weight alt= 1,089 kg
engine (prop)=de Havilland Gipsy Major 1
type of prop= inline piston
number of props=1
power main=130 hp
power alt= 112 kW
max speed main= 117 mph
max speed alt= 188 km/h
range main= 260 miles
range alt= 418 km
ceiling main= 11,000 ft
ceiling alt= 3,355 m
climb rate main=
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loading main=
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References


*cite book |last= |first= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|year= |publisher= Orbis Publishing|location= |issn=
*cite book |last= Jackson|first= A.J.|authorlink= |coauthors= |title= British Civil Aircraft since 1919 Volume 1|year= 1974|publisher= Putnam|location= London|isbn=0 370 10006 9

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