Aeronca Scout

[seaheli]

I need some history about the Scout, it was an economy version of the Chief? Exterior colors, interior arrangement, engines, etc.

Thanks

Charles

[Senior]

Aeronca K
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The Aeronca Model K Scout was a US light airplane first marketed in 1937, the true successor to the popular C-2/C-3 line.
Aeronca K
Aeronca K Air Power Msm Ottumwa IA 10.06.06R.jpg
Aeronca K with Aeronca E-113 engine at the Air Power Museum, Ottumwa, Iowa in June 2006
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* 1 Design
* 2 Variants
* 3 Specifications
o 3.1 General characteristics
o 3.2 Performance
* 4 References

[edit] Design

Powered by a dual-ignition Aeronca E-113C engine, the Model K Scout brought the Aeronca design up to modern aviation standards. Eliminating the Aeronca's traditional “bathtub” appearance, the Scout featured a strut-braced high wing with a fully enclosed cockpit seating two side-by-side.[1]

A total of 357 Aeronca Model K Scouts were built. 73 Model K were on the U.S. civil aircraft register in May 2009 and several examples are preserved in museums.
[edit] Variants

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* Model K - with Aeronca E-113-CB engine
* Model KC - with Continental A-40 engine
* Model KCA - with Continental A-65 engine

[edit] Specifications
[edit] General characteristics

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* Crew: one, pilot
* Capacity: 1 passenger
* Length: 20 ft 0 in (6.2 m)
* Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.9 m)
* Height: 6 ft 3 in (2.0 m)
* Wing area: ft² ( m²)
* Empty weight: 744 lb (337 kg)
* Maximum weight: 1,250 lb (567 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Aeronca E-113, 40 hp (30 kW)

[edit] Performance

* Maximum speed: 93 mph (149 km/h)
* Range: 250 miles (400 km)
* Service ceiling: 12,000 ft (3,600 m)
* Rate of climb: 450 ft/min (140 m/min)

[bsafran]

Want to fly one? I have serial number 7. It is based at the Valley City Airport just southwest of Cleveland, OH.

[joea]

Believe that the Scout that Charles is curious about is the post war model of the Chief.

It was a "last ditch" effort by Aeronca to revive sales and was I believe the last model of the Chief made. Everything was the same as the normal post war Chief except that this was a "bare bones" version sold for a reduced price. Most of them were sold to flight schools.

[seaheli]

Yes, the post war model of the Chief. In the book "Aeronca's Golden Age" it stated that 100 were built, is that correct? Did the serial #'s follow the Chief's #'s. Does anyone have photo's of an original Scout, exterior and interior? Need info for restoration project. Any information would help.


Charles

[joea]

Brian Safran, who posted above, has one of the few Scouts around.

Might get with him and see what he has to say about it. As he owns a Chief, Champ and Sedan (or several of each) he is pretty knowledgeable about them.

Joe A

[Paul Agaliotis]

Joe,
I didn't know Brian had so many Aeroncas. I thought Craig had bought them all.
Paul

[joea]

Craig is not finished working him over yet!

[wwillyard]

Charles,
I checked the FAA registry and the highest serial number listed for the 11AC-S-xxx is #101. I just purchased a Scout myself #79.

Bill W.

[williamc]

Charles,
I just purchased a Scout from virginia. It is serial # 31 and I think the instrument panel is original except someone cut a hole in the middle and installed a turn and bank indicator. I am removing the T & B and putting the scout nameplate back on. The nameplate is the same size as a chief but it reads "Aeronca Scout". The written info is on some type of paper which I plan to get reproduced if I can't find a Scout nameplate. A chief nameplate should be easy to find since most restored chiefs don't have them. If anyone on the forum has a Scout or Chief nameplate that they will sell, please let me know.
Bill Chappell
william.nc41@gmail.com

[flyboy1964]

I have serial number s-2

[joea]

Charles,

What ever happened with this? Did you get a Scout?

Hope so!

Joe A

[skyking3286]

Bill, John Rodkey at aeronca@westmont.edu did a run of the Chief nameplates a couple of years ago. We had a great discussion on how they were put together and how they are made, Get in touch with John.

[skyking3286]

The Scout is between the 11BC and 11CC models. The summer of 1947. The 11CC was made through 1948. Pearson Air Musuem had a 11Scout in their collection
and it is just a very plain and simple 11 series plane. A single stripe down the side, basic no frills interior. If the Chief was a deluxe Champ in the marketing scheme, then the Scout was more like a Champ interior in a Chief, not so much in materials,but in philosophy.

The ad for the Scout is from July 1947, right here:

http://www.reocities.com/mrpeters.geo/11ACAD1.html