Consolidated PT-3

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The Consolidated Model 2 was a training airplane used by the United States Army
Air Corps, under the designation PT-3 and the United States Navy under the
designation NY-1.

Seeing the success of the Navy's NY-1 modification of a PT-1 airframe, the USAAC
came to the conclusion that a radial engine was indeed ideal for a trainer. It
was reliable and offered a good power-to-weight ratio. Therefore, one PT-1
airframe was completed as XPT-2 with a 220 hp (164 kW) Wright J-5 Whirlwind
radial engine.

The XPT-3 was almost identical to the XPT-2 except for the tail, revised wing
panels and different shape. 130 production PT-3 aircraft were ordered in
September 1927, with one being completed as the XO-17. These were followed by
120 PT-3A aircraft with minor changes. The XPT-3 became the XPT-5 when fitted
with the Curtiss Challenger R-600 two-row six-cylinder radial engine, but was
soon converted to PT-3 standard.

The PT-3 aircraft were superseded by the Boeing PT-13 Stearman starting in 1937,
but a number were still operational with the Spartan Flying School in Tulsa
Oklahoma into the middle of World War II.

Variants

XPT-
2one PT-1 airframe with a 220 hp (160 kW) Wright J-5 (R-790) radial engine,
wingspan 34 ft 7 in (10.5 m), length 28 ft 4 in (8.6 m), gross weight 2,427 lb
(1100 kg)

XPT-3
one PT-1 airframe with revised wing panels (Clark "Y" wings) and a different
vertical tail, wingspan 34 ft 6 in (10.5 m), length 28 ft 3 in (8.6 m), gross
weight 2,439 lb (1106 kg)

PT-3
130 ordered, one completed as the XO-17 prototype, gross weight 2,481 lb (1125
kg)

PT-3A
120 ordered with minor updates, Wright J-5, gross weight 2,432 lb (1103 kg)

XPT-4
unbuilt, was to be a development PT-3 with the experimental Fairchild-Caminez
447C engine

XPT-5
the airframe of the XPT-3 was temporarily fitted with the Curtiss Challenger
R-600-1 two-row six-cylinder radial engine in 1929, later converted to PT-3
standard


Role
Trainer

Manufacturer
Consolidated Aircraft Company

Introduction
1927

Primary user
United States Army Air Corps

Produced
September 1927

Number built
250

Variants
Consolidated NY, Consolidated O-17

Specifications (PT-3)

General characteristics
Crew: two
Length: 28 ft 1 in (8.56 m)
Wingspan: 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Height: 10 ft 3 in (3.12 m)
Wing area: 300 ft2 (27.87 m2)
Empty weight: 1,785 lb (810 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 2,481 lb (1,125 kg)
Powerplant: 1 × Wright R-790-AB radial, 220 hp (164 kW)

Performance
Maximum speed: 102 mph (164 km/h)
Cruise speed: 81 mph (130 km/h)
Range: 300 miles (483 km)
Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,267 m)
Rate of climb: 658 ft/min (200 m/min)




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