The Edo OSE was a 1940s American single-seat multi-role

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designed and manufactured by the

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Design and development

The Edo Aircraft Corporation was an established company that produced seaplane floats. In 1946, Edo designed its first aircraft, the Edo OSE. Two prototype aircraft (designated XOSE-1) were built and flown in

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. The XOSE-1 was a single-seat low-wing

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with a single float and fixed wingtip stabilizing floats. The wings could be folded for shipboard storage. The aircraft was designed for a variety of roles including observation and anti-submarine patrols. Unusually, it was designed to carry a ''rescue cell'' on the underwing hardpoints, which would be capable of carrying a single person when used for air-sea rescue. Eight production aircraft (designated XOSE-1) were built to a

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order but none were accepted into service. A two-seat training conversion was carried out as the XTE-1, but production TE-2 aircraft were cancelled.

Variants

;XS2E-1 :Original designation for OSE and TE single seat floatplane scouts. ;XOSE-1 :Prototypes and production single-seat aircraft redesignated from XS2E-1; eight built. ;XOSE-2 :Prototype two-seat floatplane scout aircraft, two converted from XOSE-1. ;OSE-2 :Production two-seat floatplane scout aircraft, four aircraft were assigned

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numbers (BuNos.), but production was cancelled. ;XSO2E-1 :Original designation for XTE-1 conversions. ;XTE-1 :Two-seat floatplane trainer conversions, two aircraft converted from the XOSE-1 prototypes. ;TE-2 :Developed from the TE-1, four aircraft were assigned BuNos., but production was cancelled.

Specifications (XOSE-1)

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Design and development

Variants

Specifications (XOSE-1)

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