Ryan STM crash

[Wildcat]

What a damn shame, such a beautiful aircraft. Lucky about the pilot though.

http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/story/0,20797,19033758-3102,00.html

 

[v2]

 

[Twitch]

That's the PT-22. Ouch!

 

[evangilder]

Bummer. Glad the pilto will be okay though.

 

[Soundbreaker Welch?]

I'm glad he made it even though his vehicle didn't.

 

[Wildcat]

That's the PT-22. Ouch!

Actually it's a Ryan STM.

 

[evangilder]

Yep, it is an STM.

 

[Aggie08]

Poor guy, hope he's ok. That is a gorgeous plane, too bad.

 

[pbfoot]

okay I'm stumped whats the difference between a pt22 and the stm aside from wheel pants

 

[FLYBOYJ]

okay I'm stumped whats the difference between a pt22 and the stm aside from wheel pants

An STM has an in-line engine, probably a Menasco, the PT-22 has a radial (Jacobs). The structure is real similar.

I used to work for Teledyne Ryan - one year several PT-22s and STMs converged on the facility for a fly in....

 

[elmilitaro]

Nice.

 

[pbfoot]

a guess that makes it a pt24 as the light comes on

 

[Wildcat]

Here's some pics to compare the two. The first one is the PT-22 the other being the STM.

 

[pbfoot]

okay thanks i was screwed up with the pt26 cornell with its inline I'll get it all sorted out but Ryan had the pt16 with the inline also

 

[chris mcmillin]

The Ryan ST came first as a civil trainer. It is powered by a Menasco inline inverted 4 cylinder of 125 hp up tp 150 hp supercharged version. The Ryan ST-M is the military version, the difference being the cockpit stringers are visible as humps down the sides below the cockpit openings, these are internal on the civil version, also the military airplanes openings are larger.

The Ryan PT-22 is an evolution of the ST and has slightly swept wings and a five cylinder Kinner of 160 hp.

Postwar mods have PT-22's converted to Ranger six cylinder inline engines, Continental, and Lycoming's to. Some even opposed cylinders!

That looked like a very nice airplane and a very nasty accident. Notice the concrete drainage culvert in the pictures, I wonder if it had something to do with the accident?

Chris...

 

[evangilder]

There really is nothing quite like the sound of those Kinner engines. They sound like washing machines.

 

[elmilitaro]

Neat. How many airplane engines sound like washing machines nowadays.

 

[FLYBOYJ]

For some reason I thought I saw one with a jacobs?!?

 

[evangilder]

You may have, Joe. There are quite a few PT-22s around for some reason. We typically have 2 at KCMA every year.

 

[pbfoot]

For some reason I thought I saw one with a jacobs?!?

asked a excellent source my father who worked on the pt22s and he said the Warner Scarab and Kinner which he states were almost interchangeable plus the Menasco