The Edo Aircraft Corporation was an established company that produced seaplane floats. In 1946, Edo designed its first aircraft, the Edo OSE. Two prototype aircraft (designated XOSE-1) were built and flown in 1946. The XOSE-1 was a single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane with a single float and fixed wingtip stabilizing floats. The wings could be folded for shipboard storage. The aircraft was designed for a variety of roles including observation and anti-submarine patrols. Unusually, it was designed to carry a rescue cell on the underwing hardpoints, which would be capable of carrying a single person when used for air-sea rescue. Eight production aircraft (designated OSE-1) were built to a United States Navy order but none were accepted into service. A two-seat training conversion was carried out as the XTE-1, but production TE-2 aircraft were cancelled.

Variants

S2E-1
Original designation for OSE and TE single seat floatplane scouts.
OSE-1
Prototypes and production single-seat aircraft re-designated from S2E-1; eight built.
XOSE-2
Prototype two-seat floatplane scout aircraft, two converted from OSE-1.
OSE-2
Production two-seat floatplane scout aircraft, four aircraft were assigned Bureau of Aeronautics numbers (BuNos.), but production was cancelled.
XSO2E-1
Original designation for XTE-1 conversions.
XTE-1
Two-seat floatplane trainer conversions from OSE-1, two aircraft converted from the XOSE-1 prototypes.
TE-2
Developed from the TE-1, four aircraft were assigned BuNos., but production was cancelled.















General characteristics

Crew: One
Length: 31 ft in (9.47 m)
Wingspan: 37 ft 11 in (11.57 m)
Height: 14 ft 11 in (4.55 m)
Empty weight: 3,973 lb (1802 kg)
Gross weight: 6,064 lb (2751 kg)
Powerplant: 1 ? Ranger V-770-8 piston engine, 550 hp (410 kW) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 198 mph (319 km/h)
Range: 900 miles (1448 km)
Service ceiling: 22,300 ft (6800 m)

Armament

two fixed forward-firing wing-mounted 0.5in (12.7mm) machine-guns
Underwing racks for two 350lb (159kg) depth charges
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