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The Luscombe 10 was a single-seat sport aircraft built in the United States in 1945.
[Taylor 1989, 613] It was a conventional, low-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailwheel landing gear, designed for aerobatics.
[Simpson 1995, 239] The wings, tail unit, and engine section were all adapted from the
Luscombe 8
The Luscombe 8 is a series of high-wing, side-by-side-seating monoplanes with conventional landing gear, designed in 1937 and built by Luscombe Aircraft.
Development
The XT8E was developed in 1947 to compete for an U.S. Air Force contract, ...
, while the fuselage center section was an all-new design, relocating the Model 8's wings from a high to low position.
[aerofiles.com]
Despite promising results from flight testing, Luscombe ultimately felt that there was not a sufficient market for the type, and development was halted almost immediately.
The sole prototype (registration NX-33337) was destroyed in 1948 for tax reasons.
[The Luscombe Endowment FAQ, Q9]
Specifications
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1940s United States sport aircraft
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Low-wing aircraft
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Aircraft first flown in 1945