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PT-1 Trusty Model One
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Consolidated PT-1 Trusty
Role Primary Trainer
Manufacturer Consolidated
Designer Colonel Virginius E. Clark
Introduction1921
Primary users United States Army Air Service
United States Navy
Siam
U.S. Army National Guard
Produced 1923
Number built 221
Developed into Consolidated PT-3
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Consolidated PT-1 Trusty Model One
The Consolidated PT-1 Trusty (company designation Model 1) was a biplane primary trainer used by the United States Army Air Service (USAAS).
In 1921, Colonel Virginius Clark, chief designer of the Dayton-Wright Company, designed the Chummy sporting biplane.[1] The airframe was advanced in its use of the new Clark Y thick-section airfoil and a welded fuselage framework of chrome-molybdenum steel tubing. A departure from the all-wood structures found in other trainers, the structure proved sturdy and dependable. It was offered to the USAAS as a replacement for the Curtiss JN-4D trainer, with a choice of Le Rhone or Clerget rotary piston engines.
In 1922, the Army ordered three TA-3 (Trainer, Air-cooled, Type 3) machines for evaluation with the Le Rhone engine and dual controls. Evaluation showed that the type had the makings of a good trainer, but was somewhat lacking in power, so in 1923 Dayton-Wright modified one TA-3 with a more powerful 110 hp (82 kW) Le Rhone.
Variants
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- TA-3
- Dayton-Wright (Trainer, Air-cooled type 3), 13 built, 80 hp (60 kW) Le Rhone 9C rotary engine, wingspan 30 ft 11 in (9.4 m), Length 22 ft 7 in (6.9 m), gross weight 1,753 lb (795 kg)
- TA-5
- Single TA-3 with Lawrance J-1 engine used for tests of a single-wheel landing gear arrangement in 1923.
- TW-3
- Dayton-Wright (Trainer, Water-cooled type 3), two built, 150 hp (112-kW) Wright-Hispano I engine wingspan 34 ft 9 in (10.6 m), Length 25 ft 7 in (7.8 m), gross weight 2,447 lb (1019 kg)
- TW-3
- Consolidated (Trainer, Water-cooled type 3), 20 built, 180 hp (134 kW) Wright-Hispano E engine wingspan 34 ft 9 in (10.6 m), Length 26 ft 9 in (8.1 m), gross weight 2,407 lb (1,092 kg)
- PT-1
- Consolidated (Primary Trainer number 1), 221 built, 180 hp (134 kW) Wright-Hispano E (V-720) engine
- XPT-2
- PT-1 with 225 hp (168 kW) Wright R-790 (J-5) engine, wingspan 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m), Length 28 ft 4 in (8.6 m), gross weight 2,427 lb (1,100 kg)
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General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 27 ft 9.25 in (8.4646 m)
- Wingspan: 34 ft 5.5 in (10.503 m)
- Height: 9 ft 10 in (3.00 m)
- Wing area: 284 sq ft (26.4 m2)
Powerplant
- Empty weight: 1,805 lb (819 kg)
- Gross weight: 2,577 lb (1,169 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Wright-Hispano E V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 180 hp (130 kW)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Specifications
- Maximum speed: 92 mph (148 km/h, 80 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 79 mph (127 km/h, 69 kn)
- Range: 350 mi (560 km, 300 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 13,450 ft (4,100 m)
- Rate of climb: 690 ft/min (3.5 m/s)
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The "Camel" may be regarded as the prototype of the Consolidated response to the USAAS's 1924 requirement for a new primary trainer. In the early summer of 1924.
Consolidated PT-1 Trusty Model One
In 1922, the Army ordered three TA-3 (Trainer, Air-cooled, Type 3) machines for evaluation with the Le Rhone engine and dual controls.
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The Consolidated PT-1 Trusty (company designation Model 1) was a biplane primary trainer used by the United States Army Air Service (USAAS)
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