Loening M-2 Kitten
# Loening M-2 Kitten

The Loening M-2 Kitten was a light aircraft produced in the United States at the end of the 1920s, for use aboard capital ships and submarines of the United States Navy (USN).

## Design

The M-2 was a small monoplane designed for operation from battleships or submarines, with either floats or wheels for operations. Three aircraft were built with USN serials A442-A444; the first used an ABC Gnat, but the others were powered by a Lawrance L-3 radial engine.

Loening developed a dedicated floatplane version of the M-2, the Loening M-3, of which one airframe (Navy serial A5469) was built for the Navy.

## Specifications (M-2 landplane)

Data from Aerofiles : Loening

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Capacity: Landplane: 224 lb (102 kg)

             Floatplane: 240 lb (110 kg)
* Length: 13 ft 11 in (4.24 m)

             Floatplane: 17 ft 4 in (5.28 m)
* Wingspan: 22 ft (6.7 m)

             Floatplane: 25 ft 2 in (7.67 m)
* Gross weight: 240 lb (109 kg)
* Powerplant: × Lawrance L-3 3-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 55 hp (41 kW) (#2 and #3)

             (#1) 32 hp (24 kW) ABC Gnat 2-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine

Performance

* Maximum speed: 100 mph (160 km/h, 87 kn)
