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The Culver Model V was a two-seat cabin monoplane designed and built by the
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Design and development

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and using the wartime experience with radio-controlled aircraft the company designed a two-seat cabin monoplane. The Model V had a low-set cantilever wing with the outer panels having a pronounced dihedral. It had a tricycle retractable landing gear and an enclosed cabin with side by side seating for two. It was unique in that it had a system called Simpli-Fly Control where the aircraft was automatically trimmed for takeoff, landing and cruise, by turning a small metal wheel between the two seats and lining up two arrows with the mode of flying the aircraft. Interconnecting controls then adjusted the trim according to the arrow settings."Culver Model V", August 1946, Popular Science
bottom page 30 In 1956 the Superior Aircraft Company bought the assets of Culver and put the Model V back into production as the Superior Satellite. The main difference was the use of a 95 hp Continental engine which increased the cruise speed to 130 mph (209 km/h). Only a prototype and five production aircraft were built.


Variants

;V-1 :Initial production variant. ;V-2 :Improved variant. ;Superior Satellite :1956 variant with a 95hp Continental engine. ;TD4C :USN radio-controlled target version of the V-2 ;UC :The utility version of the TD4C, also converted to target drone as the UC-1K.


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Photo at aerofiles.com

"Culver Model V", August 1946, Popular Science
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