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Two powerful 2.100 h p engines lift the CS2\ 2'i gro's tons into the air. High tail eon
st rnct ion. sh,)\\'n at top, facilitates cargo loading throngh eight-foot door at rc.ir of fme!:Igc.
C-02-Sky Boxcar
Design eel cxclusivclv for cargo operat
io n-, under com bat cond it innx, the new
luirch ild C-S2 "f ork-t.ulcd freighter" is
~I twin-cugiucx]. boom-tailed plane wh ich
com hines the triple-threat ad\'anblges of
;1 cargo transport, troop carrier .md Hv-
IIlg am bul.uicc, and possesses speed and
I:lnge grdtcr than allY uircr.rft of its
class ill the wor]c] .
As a cargo carrier, its low.slung fusehge
.md rear door loading features rccluc«
lo.rdiut; prohlems to mO\'ing-\':1ll
sllnplicit\" The twin tail boom« arc so
high off the ground th.rt ordin.rrv trucks
mav he hacked right lip to the fllselage.
Then the g:lr:lge-action eloors swing
open to IT\T:d .iu eigh t.foot sqn:lre cargo
opening, and freight rolls aboard with
speer] uud case. In another method, a
42
ramp which folds into the plane's interior
when not in nvc, is let down from
the fllSelage, and vehicles such as a
'(hOlllas 9]':-1 t.mk or a 7:; nun halft
r.rr k arc ximplv clrivcn into the plane.
It woulr] require a iu.rjor engilleering
operation to get either unit into .mv
other present tvpc cargo craft, This
"Iioxcar with \yim;s" is 'i-+ feet in length
and has an overall cargo sp:lce of 2, -:;12
cubic feet-onh- 'i 'iO cubic feet less th.m
the xt.md.ud X-2 -:; boxcar n-ed 11\' the
railroads. -
The troop tr.mvport yersion of the
e-S2 can scat -+2 ful lv equipped soldiers
auc] their fighting n1:\terial. The interior
of the cllgo couip.utmcut h:ls folding
cuuv.is-tvpc troop henchcs running along
the xidc«, while circlllar windows slide
open to permit rifle fire. There arc
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Identification silhouettes of the C-S2.
sm:t!1 doms within the Clrgo clnor-. for
p.uutroopcrs, who can [ump without
[c.u of striking fuselage or t.u] nsxctu b!v
stmetmes hec1l\se of the hO{}]l1-tail ele-
SIgn. An ur-to-around sllppk feature
is incorporated in the droppuhlc aerial
dclivcrv containers wh icli arc mounted
on sbu']darel bomb shackles in the hot-
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