Loening XSL
type of aircraft
The Loening XSL was an American submarine-based reconnaissance flying boat designed and built by Grover Loening Aircraft Company for the United States Navy.
Design and development
First flown in 1931, the Loening XSL was a lightweight flying-boat designed to be folded up and stored in an 8-foot-diameter watertight tube on the deck of a submarine. It was a single-seat, mid-wing monoplane powered by a 110 hp (82 kW) Warner Scarab radial engine mounted above the wing driving a pusher propeller. Originally designated the XSL-1 by the Navy, it was re-designated XSL-2 in 1932 when it was re-engined with a 160 hp (119 kW) Menasco B-6 engine. Only the prototype was built; it was not ordered into production.
Variants
XSL-1
Prototype with a Warner Scarab engine.
XSL-2
Prototype re-engined with a Menasco B-6 engine.
Specifications (XSL-1)
Data from aerofiles.comGeneral characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 27 ft 2 in (8.28 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 0 in (9.45 m)
Gross weight: 1,500 lb (680 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Warner Scarab radial engine , 100 hp (75 kW)
Performance
Maximum speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
Cruise speed: 88 mph (142 km/h, 76 kn)
Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,268 m)
See also
Related lists
List of flying boats and floatplanes
List of United States Navy aircraft designations (pre-1962)
Notes
Bibliography
Andrade, John (1979). U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Midland Counties Publications.
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