E2 Cub
The Taylor E2 Cub was a two-seat tandem low powered aircraft with a high-wing and fabric covered tubular steel fuselage, fabric covered wooden wings and open cockpit. It was produced from 1930-1936.
J-2 Cub
The Taylor J-2 Cub (later also known as the Piper J-2 Cub) is an American two-seat light aircraft that was designed and built by the Taylor Aircraft Company. was produced from 1936-1938.
The J-2 Cub was a development of the earlier Taylor Cub. In 1935 the Taylor Aircraft Company had decided to improve their Cub line of aircraft which were angular and austere-looking. The new J-2 had rounded-off wing tips, fin and rudder and wider tires. Powered by a 37 hp Continental A-40-3 piston engine the aircraft appeared in October 1935 and the type certificate was issued on 14 February 1936. From September 1936 the engine was changed to a 40 hp Continental A-40-4. One sub-type was produced, the J-2S which was a float-equipped version.
In 1935 C.G. Taylor left the company to start another aircraft manufacturer which would become Taylorcraft. William T. Piper bought Taylor’s shares in the company. In 1936 and 1937 some aircraft were completed by Aircraft Associates in California and these were known as the Western Cub.
In 1937 the factory was destroyed by fire and the company moved to Lock Haven and production restarted in May 1937 and the company was renamed the Piper Aircraft Corporation in November 1937. The last of 1,207 J-2s was completed in 1938 as production of the J-3 Cub started.
Over 100 Taylor and Piper J-2s remained on the U.S. civil aircraft register in 2009.
J-3 Cub
The Piper J-3 Cub is a small, simple, light aircraft with tandem (fore and aft) seating. It was intended for flight training but became one of the most popular and best-known light aircraft of all time. It was produced from 1937-1947.
J-4 Cub Coupe
The Piper J-4 Cub Coupe is a two place side-by-side version of the Piper J-3. It was Piper’s first model with side-by-side seating; combined with docile low-speed handling, this made it a good trainer. It was built between 1938-1942.
J-5 Cub Cruiser
The Piper J-5 Cub Cruiser was a larger, more powerful version of the basic Piper J-3 Cub. It was designed just two years after the J-3 Cub, and differed by having a wider fuselage with the pilot sitting in the front seat and two passengers sitting in the rear seat. Equipped with a a 75-hp Continental engine the plane’s cruising speed was 75 mph. Though officially a three-seater, it would be more accurately described as a “two-and-a-half-seater”, as two adults would find themselves quite cramped in wider rear seat.It was produced from 1940-1946.
