The prototype E-2 was flown with a single 90 hp (67 kW)
Anzani 6 engine. The production model was outfitted with a 120 hp (89 kW) Warner Scarab. The E-2 received
type certificate #338 on 17 July 1930 [2] By the end of 1929 Eastman Aircraft had been merged into the
Detroit Aircraft Corporation.
Design
The E-2 used a wooden hull with
aluminium cladding. The aircraft used a
parasol wing supported by large V-struts with secondary lower
shoulder wings with tip floats at the ends. The single engine was mounted in the center of the
wing root of the upper wing with a rear teardrop fairing.[3]
Variants
E-2 Sea Rover
Flying boat powered variously by, 90 hp (67 kW)
Anzani 6, 120 hp (89 kW)
Warner Scarab and other engines of similar power. Eighteen aircraft were built
E-2A Sea Pirate
Two E-2 flying boats converted to amphibians, powered by 185 hp (138 kW)
Curtiss Challenger engines.
E-2D Sea Pirate
A single E-2 flying boat, converted to amphibian, powered by a 225 hp (168 kW)
Packard DR-980 diesel radial engine.
An E-2 is on display at the
British Columbia Aviation Museum. It is a composite made up of the wreckages three E-2s recovered throughout British Columbia.[4][5]
Specifications (Eastman E-2 Sea Rover)
Data fromAmerican flying boats and amphibious aircraft, Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928[6]
^Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. pp. 18d–19d.
Bibliography
Grant, Robert S. (July–August 2002). "There's Gold in Them Thar Hill... or is There?: The Mitchell Expedition of 1932". Air Enthusiast. No. 100. pp. 50–55.
ISSN0143-5450.