I've wondered about that too Maveric. Pure speculation, but I note that there are five built Wackett aircraft designs prior to the L.J.W.6
Codock. Could these be the missing L.J.W.1 through L.J.W.5 sequence?
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Lawrence J Wackett Aircraft Designs
RAAF Experimental Section, Randwick, Sydney, NSW
Wackett
Warbler - 1924 2-seat tandem parasol pusher, x 1
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Warbler: Twin main wheel u/c; twin elevators & rudders
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Warbler: 1 x 30 hp Wackett
Wizard CC,* span 9.14 m
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Warbler: Low-slung fuselage, twin elevators & rudders
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Warbler: 1st (private) design, Wackett-designed engine
-- * 1490 cc horizontally-opposed 2-cylinder pusher
-- * Wackett 2-cyl. engines usually listed as 20/25 or 40 hp
-- Runner-up 1924 Low-Powered Aeroplane Competition
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L.J.W.1 (??)
Wackett
Widgeon I - 1925 tractor flying boat, 2 + 4 pax, G-AEKB
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Widgeon I: Flying boat, initial, 1 x 6-cyl 240 hp Siddeley
Puma
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Widgeon I: Revised, amphibian, 1 x 6-cylinder 300hp ADC
Nimbus *
-- *
Nimbus was a
Puma development by Aircraft Disposal Company
--
http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Wackett Widgeon I G-AEKB.htm
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L.J.W.2 (??)
Wackett
Widgeon II - 1928 enlarged version of
Widgeon, 2 + 6 pax
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Widgeon II: 1 x 440 hp Armstrong Siddeley
Jaguar 14-cyl radial
--
L.J.W.3 (??)
Wackett
Warrigal I - 1929 multi-purpose biplane, 1 x 180 hp Armstrong Siddeley
Lynx
-
Warrigal I: First all-metal aircraft made in Australia (albeit fabric-covered)
--
http://acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/_DAMx/image/18/139/a169079h.jpg *
-- * NB: This photo has been captioned as a "Percival Warragull"!
--
L.J.W.4 (??)
Wackett
Warrigal II - 1930 biplane single-seat fighter, 1 x prototype built
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Warrigal II: 1 x 450 hp Armstrong Siddeley
Jaguar VI [??] radial
--
L.J.W.5 (??)
Cockatoo Dockyards & Engineering (Cockatoo Island Naval Dockyard), Sydney, NSW
Wackett L.J.W.6
Codock - Feederliner (6 pax), 1 built, VH-URP
- L.J.W.6: 2 x 160 hp Napier
Javelin air-cooled VO6 engines
-- aka Cockatoo Docks & Engineering LJW.6
Codock
--
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1933/1933%20-%201005.html
--
http://www.edcoatescollection.com/ac1/austu/vhurp.html
Wackett
Corella - [Project] 4-engined development of L.J.W.6
Codock*
-- aka Cockatoo Docks & Engineering
Corella
-- * Source:
Cockatoo Island: Sydney's Historic Dockyard, John Jeremy, University of. New South Wales Press, 2005
John Jeremy mentions other Cockatoo Docks & Engineering aircraft projects but gives no details. Does anyone have anything more besides the
Codock and the
Corella?
(
Update: I've found more on the Cockatoo projects but, since no designations are given, I'll create a separate thread to cover those designs.)
Tugan Aircraft Ltd., Mascot, Sydney, NSW
Wackett L.J.W.7
Gannet - 1935 2-engine feederliner, 6 pax, 8 built
- L.J.W.7 : aka Tugan LJW7
Gannet, 2 x 6-cylinder 200 hp DH
Gispy Six
- L.J.W.7A: 1 x RAAF a/c re-engined with Menascos during World War II
Tugan C3
Hawk - [Project] 4-seat low-wing monoplane, no construction
- C3
Hawk: Design embarked upon after failure to get Percival licence
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, Port Melbourne (Fishermans Bend), Victoria
CAC CA-2
Wackett - 2-seat ab initio trainer (to RAAF Specification 3/38)
- CA-2 : 1st prototype: 1939, as originally flown with 4-cyl
Gipsy Major
- CA-2A: 2nd prototype: 1939,
Gipsy Six, + re-eng'd 1st prototype
- CA-2B: Prototypes re-eng'd with Warner
Scarab radial in mid-1940
CAC CA-6
Wackett - 1941 production version of CA-2 for RAAF, 200 built
- CA-6
Wackett: 1 x 175 hp Warner
Scarab air-cooled radial engine
CAC CA-4
Woomera - 1941 recce-bomber/torpedo bomber (to RAAF Spec 241)
- CA-4 : 2 x P&W R-1830-S3C3-G
Twin Wasps, 1 built (A23-1001, c/n 435)
CAC CA-11
Woomera - 1943 strike recce-bomber, revised CA-4 design
- CA-11 : 2 x P&W R-1830-S3C3-G
Twin Wasps, 1 built (A23-1, c/n 1225)
- CA-11A: 1944 Ca-11 conv., re-eng. with 1,300 hp P&W R-2000
Twin Wasps
-- AUs/NZ orders for 200 CA-11A with CAC-built R-2000s were cancelled
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