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Culver V with square wing tips
Bill Poynter:
I ran across this photo of a Culver V with squared off wingtips. Does anyone know anything about this?
Brett Lovett:
--- Quote from: Bill Poynter on September 25, 2012, 04:17:34 PM ---I ran across this photo of a Culver V with squared off wingtips. Does anyone know anything about this?
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Any chance that is a Model V-2? The TCDS entry for the V-2 states "Same as Model V except for new wing outer panels, ailerons, flaps, wing fillets and tail fillets; revised wing main panel trailing edge, fuel tanks and flap and stabilizer control systems."
I can't find any photos I can verify as a V-2 and I'm not finding any currently registered. Does anyone know how many V-2s were built?
lockheed12:
I talked to Mark Trimble about the V-2; he has two "V"s one is a Superior. If I remember correctly there was only ever one built. I have some blue prints on this; it looked like a big improvement on the 'V-1'.
Brett Lovett:
Digging around a bit, I found reference to a Culver V-2, N48S, Serial Number V2-514, deregistered 6/15/1971. With V2-501 and up being eligible on the type certificate, this implies that at at least 14 V-2s were built.
I've seen Mark Trimble's Culver V / Superior Satellite, N80281 (a really beautiful airplane, and the only V I've seen in person). Although it is listed as a "Superior, Culver V" on the aircraft registration, it shows as being manufactured in 1946 with a serial number of V-200, which would make it a Culver, not a Superior. Mark's other V is N44652, Serial Number V-43, also registered as a "Superior, Culver V".
From what I can find, Superior started building the Satellite (identical to the Culver V) in 1956 (likely starting with serial number 526). The mis-identification of Culvers as "Superior" on the registration certificate, even though they were built by Culver prior to the existence of Superior is a rather common occurrence. The highest number V that I can currently find registered is V-356 (N3137K), which is registered as a Culver V, not a Superior. I cannot find that any aircraft built as a Superior Satellite are still registered. I found a couple of references that state 6 total Superior Satellites were built.
In looking through the records for the Culver V, I'm also finding revoked registrations for V2-509 (N3144K) and V2-511 (N3146K) that were mis-registered as Vs instead of V-2s.
Brett Lovett:
Bill, Any chance you can read the N number from that photo? I can see there is one on the underside of the left wing, but I cannot read it in the scan.
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