{{Short description|1930s American aircraft}} <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. -->{{Infobox aircraft |name=Cessna EC-2 |image=Cessna EC-2.jpg |type=Light Tourer Glider |national_origin=USA |construction_date=1930 |manufacturers=Cessna Aircraft Company |designer=Eldon Cessna |civil_registration=N403W, N405W |retired=January 10, 1940 }}
The '''Cessna Model EC-2''' was a 1930s American two-seat tourer built by the Cessna Aircraft Company. They developed the Model EC-2, a low-cost aircraft, as a response to the market downturn caused by the Great Depression. Only one prototype was built and it did not go into production. A single-seat version, the Model EC-1, was also developed.
==Design and development== Cessna Aircraft was suffering in the depression and downturn in the economy following the Wall Street crash. Eldon Cessna, the son of Clyde Cessna designed a low-cost, cheap-to-operate aircraft to meet the new conditions.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cessna Co |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/cessnaco.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=aerofiles.com}}</ref> The '''Model EC-2''' was powered by an Aeronca 30 hp (22 kW) E-107A engine.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cessna's Last Stand – Part Three |url=https://kingairmagazine.com/article/cessnas-last-stand-part-three/ |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=King Air |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=American airplanes: Cessna |url=http://www.aerofiles.com/_cessna.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=aerofiles.com}}</ref> It did not go into production and one of the prototype was cancelled while the other crashed years later when a student stalled it with an instructor. As a first step in the project, a single-seat version of the Model EC-1 was developed as an ongoing evolution of the Cessna CG-2 Primary Glider, using small engines.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Cessna EC-1(2) |url=http://www.airwar.ru/enc/law1/cessnaec1.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=airwar.ru}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Vintage Airplane – Jun 1978 {{!}} PDF {{!}} Experimental Aircraft Association {{!}} Aerospace |url=https://www.scribd.com/document/234539354/Vintage-Airplane-Jun-1978 |access-date=2023-05-07 |via=Scribd |language=en}}</ref> Archival evidence so far indicates only two were produced, N403W and N405W.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Aerial Visuals – Airframe Dossier – Cessna EC-2, c/r N405W |url=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=156717 |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=aerialvisuals.ca}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Aircraft Register – United States |url=http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N95.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=airhistory.org.uk}}</ref> The plane has picked up the nickname "the Baby Cessna." The color was red with a creme side stripe.<ref>Private letter from Eldon Cessna, MRP</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Civil Aircraft Register – United States |url=http://www.airhistory.org.uk/gy/reg_N95.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=airhistory.org.uk}}</ref>
== Specifications == {{Aircraft specs|crew=2|length m=6.20|length ft=|length in=|span m=10.64|span in=|span ft=|height m=1.58|height ft=|height in=|wing area sqm=15.14|wing area sqft=|empty weight kg=213|max takeoff weight kg=420|max takeoff weight lb=926|empty weight lb=470|fuel capacity=8 Gal.|max speed kmh=138|ceiling m=4572|ceiling ft=|range km=322|range mi=200|cruise speed kmh=112|cruise speed mph=70|max speed mph=86|stall speed kmh=61|stall speed mph=38|climb rate ftmin=|climb rate ms=19.85|perfhide=}}
==See also== {{aircontent |related= * Cessna EC-1 |similar aircraft= |sequence= |lists= |see also= }}
==References== {{commons category|Cessna EC-2}} {{Reflist}}
*{{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}}
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