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In 1941 the United States Army Air Forces ordered four Taylorcraft Model Ds with the designation YO-57. They were evaluated in the summer of 1941 during maneuvers in Louisiana and Texas where they were used for support purposes such as light transport and courier. General Innis P. Swift, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, coined the 'grasshopper' name after witnessing a bumpy landing. This led to a production order under the designation O-57 Grasshopper. In March 1942 the designation was changed to L-2 Grasshopper.

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rdf:type	Aircraft Type
rdfs:label	Taylorcraft L-2
rdfs:comment	In 1941 the United States Army Air Forces ordered four Taylorcraft Model Ds with the designation YO-57. They were evaluated in the summer of 1941 during maneuvers in Louisiana and Texas where they were used for support purposes such as light transport and courier. General Innis P. Swift, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, coined the 'grasshopper' name after witnessing a bumpy landing. This led to a production order under the designation O-57 Grasshopper. In March 1942 the designation was changed to L-2 Grasshopper.
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max takeoff weight alt	590(xsd:integer)
loaded weight main	1300(xsd:integer)
airfoil	NACA 23012
climb rate main	395(xsd:integer)
number of props	1(xsd:integer)
length alt	6.9 m
span main	1079.5
cruise speed main	83(xsd:integer)
cruise speed alt	134(xsd:integer)
height alt	2 m
primary user	United States Army Air Forces
Type	Observation and Liaison
type of prop	4(xsd:integer)
loading main	7(xsd:double)
range alt	367(xsd:integer)
length main	693.4200000000001
useful load main	425.0
power alt	48.0
area main	181.0
power main	65.0
stall speed alt	72(xsd:integer)
height main	203.2
span alt	10.8 m
payload alt	193.0
range main	228(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer	Taylorcraft
max speed main	92.0
engine (prop)	Continental O-170-3
climb rate alt	120(xsd:integer)
ceiling main	12000.0
empty weight main	875.0
Plane	plane
stall speed main	45(xsd:integer)
loaded weight alt	590(xsd:integer)
Developed From	Taylorcraft Model D
area alt	16(xsd:double)
max speed alt	148.0
jet or prop?	prop
never exceed speed alt	225.0
empty weight alt	397.0
ceiling alt	3,658 m
avionics	Learadio AMR-12 Receiver & AMT-12 Transmitter ; RCA AVR-20A ; RCA AVT-15A or AVT-112 ; Slipstream powered generator: Champion Model W612-6V
max takeoff weight main	1300(xsd:integer)
payload main	425.0
never exceed speed main	140.0
Crew	Two, pilot and observer
Introduction	1941(xsd:integer)
Armament	None
ref	Pilots Flight Operating Instructions, Army Model L-2, L-2A, L-2B, and L-2M Airplanes, T.O. No. 01-135DA-1, 1944 & The Taylorcraft Story, 1992
useful load alt	193.0
abstract	In 1941 the United States Army Air Forces ordered four Taylorcraft Model Ds with the designation YO-57. They were evaluated in the summer of 1941 during maneuvers in Louisiana and Texas where they were used for support purposes such as light transport and courier. General Innis P. Swift, commander of the 1st Cavalry Division, coined the 'grasshopper' name after witnessing a bumpy landing. This led to a production order under the designation O-57 Grasshopper. In March 1942 the designation was changed to L-2 Grasshopper. In World War II, the AAF began using the L-2 in much the same manner as the observation balloon was used in France during World War I—spotting enemy troop and supply concentrations and directing artillery fire on them. It was also used for other types of liaison and transport duties and short-range reconnaissance which required airplanes that could land and take off in minimum distances from unprepared landing strips. Postwar, a number of L-2s were converted for civilian use and are operated by private pilot owners in the United States as the Model DCO-65. Several are still airworthy in 2011. The L-2 series meet the standards for Light Sport Aircraft (other than the L-2M, which has a gross weight rating 5 pounds over the 1,320-lb limit), thus can be flown by pilots holding the Sport Pilot Certificate.

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