Aeronca Aircraft Corp L / LA / LB / LC / LCS / LD / LW / C-70
LC
The 1935 Aeronca L cabin monoplane was the Aeronautical Corporation of America’s first attempt at constructing a low-wing side-by-side cabin airplane. It was produced in four versions: the LA with a 70-hp Le Blond, first flying in November 1935 and piloted by Fred Fluck, the LB (28 built) of 1936 using an 85-hp LeBlond or 70hp Rearwin-LeBlond, the LC (25 built in 1937) using a 90-hp Warner Scarab Junior, and the LD powered by a 90-hp Lambert. The prototype LW (NX14558) with 42hp Aeronca L-113, was so underpowered it only made one short flight. The airframe of the Model L is of conventional mixed construction. The wings were built around a structure of spruce spars and ribs. The fuselage was a framework of welded steel tubing. Both the fuselage and the wings were covered with fabric.
Thirteen of the LA and LW model were built, selling for about US$2750 and the LB sold for US$3000.
About 25 of the 1936, $3,275 LC model were built, of which one was the float-equipped LCS (NC16289). The prototype LC was first equipped with a 50hp Warner engine.
Aeronca LB-90
LA / LW
Engine: LeBlond 5DE, 70hp
Wing span: 36 ft 0 in
Length: 22 ft 6 in
Gross weight: 1,680 lb
Empty weight: 1,036 lb
Pay load: 644 lb
Max speed: 115 mph
Cruise speed: 100 lb
Stall speed: 48 mph
Initial climb rate: 500 fpm
Range: 500 sm
Seats: 2
LB
Engine: LeBlond 5DF, 90hp or Rearwin-LeBlond, 70hp
Wing span: 36 ft 0 in
Payload: 669 lb
Max speed: 120 mph
Cruise speed: 105 mph
Stall speed: 48 mph
Range: 500 sm
Seats: 2
LC
Engine: Warner Jr, 90hp
Wing span: 36 ft 0 in
Length: 22 ft 4 in
Payload: 646 lb
Max speed: 123 mph
Cruise speed: 108 mph
Stall speed: 45 mph
Range: 535 sm
Seats: 2
LCS
Engine: Warner Jr, 90hp
Wing span: 36 ft 0 in
Length: 22 ft 4 in
Payload: 659 lb
Max speed: 116 mph
Cruise speed: 100 mph
Stall speed: 48 mph
Range: 450 sm
Seats: 2
