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visitor Sam B. wrote asking that I scan and post this article
on the Ranson "Warrior" X-3 homebuilt airplane that appeared in
the November 1957 edition of American Modeler. He is considering
building a control line version of it. Unfortunately, only a 3-view
drawing of the craft appear in the magazine, but there are also
a couple photos (along with the color Cover Photo) that should help
with drawing plans. A Web search turned up only one example of a
full-size
Rason Warrior X-3 (N1528Y). The was a link to a rubber-powered
free flight model version, but the links are broken. There is a
plans listing for a 13"
Ranson Warrior X-3 in the AMA Plans Service's list. Cover
Plane: Rason "Warrior" X-3
 The
Rason "Warrior" X-3 is the brainchild of Alvin Ray Johns, an inspector
with Fairchild Aircraft (Hagerstown), who with the financial and
physical aid of Paul L. Witmer has turned out this 4 or 5 place
passenger-cargo plane of mixed construction. The "Warrior"
has been developed with an eye towards bush country operations in
the wilds of Canada and South America with its ruggedness and small
field take-off/landing capabilities. Powered by a 185 hp Lycoming
0-435-1 engine, the plane can carry a 1000-lb payload; tests have
shown that the craft can carry out low-speed climbing turns at gross
weight with complete safety. Landing. speeds of 40 to 45 mph permits
short field operations with ease; its long-travel landing gear affords
safety in rough fields. Plane's large area wing provides a fast,
steep-climbing feature. It is interesting to note that the
trailing edge of the cantilevered, tapered wing ends not far from
the leading edge of the high-positioned horizontal stabilizer.
 The
"Warrior" is equipped with wide doors and quick-remove seats for
convenience of cargo loading. Designed in 1947, flown some 4 years
later after "spare-time" construction, it is presently undergoing
pre-certification flight test development. The "Warrior" is Mr.
John's third design, his first being a light sport craft powered
by a Model "A" Ford engine, built and flown in 1938 when he was
21. Specifications are: Cruise, 118 mph; maximum speed,
140 mph; landing speed, 42 mph; rate of climb, 1,000' per minute
at 75 mph; empty weight, 1,820 lbs; gross weight, 3,450 lbs; span,
38'; taper ratio, 0.46; horizontal tail, 15'; vertical tail, 15';
length, 22', 3".
Rason "Warrior" X-3 3-View
Posted December 31, 2013
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