Rearwin Junior Aircraft history performance and specifications

With the market for everything starting to disappear during The Great Depression, Rearwin, along with other airplane manufacturers, decided to build a "flying flivver." The Junior was an attempt to fill that niche.

Powered by a 3 cyl. 45 HP Szekely engine, the Junior enjoyed some market success. The 3000, and the later 4000 version (with an Aeromarine AR-3 engine) sold nearly 30 copies.

The Szekely engine w
as notorious for spitting out its cylinders. So much so that the heads were attached to one-another by a cable!

Rearwin Junior
Specifications
3000
 
3100

4000

Aircraft Type Certificate 
 
#434
(07-09-31)
 
#481
(05-06-32)
#469
(03-25-32)
Length 
21 ft 11 in
 
 
22 ft 3 in
Height 
7 ft 6 in
 
 
 7 ft 6 in
Wing Span 
36 ft
 
 
 36 ft
Wing Area 
179.5 sq ft
 
 
 179.5 sq ft
Construction 
The fuselage framework was built of welded chrome-moly and 1025 steel tubing, lightly faired to shape and fabric covered. One elongated cockpit seated two in tandem; there was a large windshield in front and a smaller windshield for the rear seat. A detachable full enclosure was optional. A large rectangular door offered easy entry into either seat. The wing framework in two halves was built up of laminated spruce spar beams with spruce and birch plywood truss-type wing ribs. The leading edges were covered with plywood sheet and the completed framework was covered in fabric. The centre section was mounted high above the cockpit on steel tube struts and the wings were braced to the lower fuselage by streamlined steel tube struts. The split-axle landing gear of 72 inch tread used a spool of rubber shock-cord or Rusco rubber compression rings to absorb the shock. 16x7-4 Goodyear airwheels w/o brakes were standard equipment. Tail skid was of steel spring-leaf type. The fabric-covered tail group was built up of welded steel tubing and channel sections. Horizontal stabilizer was adjustable in flight. A wooden Aeromarine propeller, dual joystick controls were standard equipment. A 12 lb. or 28 lb detachable winter enclosure was optional.
 
Power Plant
Engine MFG 
 
Szekely
Poyer
Szekely
Aeromarine
Model 
SR-3-0
 
SR-3-55
AR-3
H.P. 
45
40
50
40-50
Fuel Data
Gasoline capacity (upper wing)
 
 
 
 
12 gal
Gasoline capacity (fuselage) 
 
 
 
-
Oil capacity 
 
 
 
6 qts
Equipment
 
Load
Weight empty
 
569 lbs
 
 
506 lbs /617 lbs*
Useful load  
430 lbs
 
 
433 lbs/423 lbs* 
Payload 
177 lbs
 
 
180 lbs/170 lbs*
Gross weight loaded 
999 lbs
 
 
1038 lbs / 1040 lbs* 
Performance
High speed (full load)
 
 
 
 
91 mph 
High speed (pilot alone) 
 
 
 
 -
Cruising speed (full load) 
 
 
 
76 mph
Landing speed (full load) 
 
 
 
 30 mph
Cruising range (full load) 
 
 
 
240 miles 
Climb at sea level (full load) 
 
 
 
 700 ft
Climb to 10,000 feet (full load) 
 
 
 
-
Take off time (pilot alone) 
 
 
 
-
Take off time (full load) 
 
 
 
-
Absolute ceiling (full load) 
 
 
 
16,000 ft 
Cost
Retail price from factory 
$1,800
 
 
$1,880
Comments        
 
      * specifications shown with/without the removable cockpit enclosure