Taylorcraft F22

{{Short description|American light aircraft of the 1980s }} <!-- __NOTOC__ --> <!-- This article is a part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft. Please see Wikipedia:WikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout. --> {{Infobox aircraft | name = F22 | logo = | logo_size = | image = Taylorcraft F22A G-BWBI.jpg | alt = | caption = A UK-registered F22A in 2019 | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = Light utility aircraft | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = USA | manufacturer = Taylorcraft | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 17<ref name="jawa905"/> | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = 1989<ref name="simpson383">Simpson 1995, p.383</ref> | retired = | first_flight = August 1, 1988<ref name="jawa905">Jackson 2007, p.905</ref> | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = Taylorcraft F-21<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384">Simpson 1995, p.384</ref> | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }}

The '''Taylorcraft F22''' is a two-seat American light aircraft produced in small numbers by Taylorcraft in the late 1980s and early 1990s.<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384"/> It is a further development of the Taylorcraft F-19 via the F-21 design.<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384"/> Manufacturing and marketing of the F22 was halted by the financial difficulties of Taylorcraft,<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384"/> although plans to restart production existed in 2007.<ref name="jawa905"/>

==Design and development== The F22 is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional design.<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="jea">Taylor 1993, p.961</ref> Two of the four variants produced had fixed, tailwheel undercarriage, but the '''F22A''' and '''F22C''' had fixed, tricycle undercarriage instead.<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384"/> The pilot and a single passenger sit side-by-side in an enclosed cabin.<ref name="jawa905"/> Power is supplied by a piston engine mounted tractor-fashion in the nose, driving a propeller.<ref name="jawa905"/> The airframe is of welded steel tube, covered in fabric.<ref name="jawa906">Jackson 2007, p.906</ref>

The prototype, registered ''N180GT'',<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384"/> first flew on August 1, 1989,<ref name="jawa905"/> and production started at Taylorcraft's Lock Haven factory by the end of the year.<ref name="simpson383"/> In 1992, after only 17 F22s were built, Taylorcraft was bankrupt and ceased business.<ref name="jawa905"/>

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==Variants== ;F22 Classic :Developed from the F-21B. Lycoming O-235 engine. Prototype ''N180GT'' had tricycle undercarriage, but production examples had tailwheels.<ref name="simpson384"/> (4 built, including prototype<ref name="jawa905"/>) ;F22A Tracker :Also marketed as the '''Tri-Classic'''.<ref name="simpson384"/> Lycoming O-235-powered version with tricycle undercarriage.<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384"/> (11 built<ref name="jawa905"/>) ;F22B Ranger :Also marketed as the '''STOL-180'''.<ref name="simpson384"/> Tailwheel version with Lycoming O-360 engine.<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384"/> (1 built<ref name="jawa905"/>) ;F22C Trooper :Also marketed as the '''TriSTOL'''.<ref name="simpson384"/> Tricycle undercarriage version with Lycoming O-360 engine.<ref name="jawa905"/><ref name="simpson384"/> (1 built<ref name="jawa905"/>)

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===Bibliography=== * {{cite book |title=Jane's All the World's Aircraft 2007-08 |editor1-last=Jackson |editor1-first=Paul |year=2007 |publisher=Jane's Publishing Group |location=London |isbn=978-0-7106-2792-6 |edition=98th}} * {{cite book |last= Simpson |first= R. W. |title=Airlife's General Aviation |year=1995 |publisher=Airlife Publishing |location=Shrewsbury }} * {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1993 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}

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