from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
The Beech Aircraft Corporation, Wichita, Kansas
• Four- or five-place biplane. ATC 560. Jacobs L-4 engine, 225 horsepower.
Span 32 feet. Length overall 24 feet 5 inches. Height overall 8 feet 6 inches. Wing area 273 square feet. Chord 60 inches.
Power loading 14 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 11.5 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 1800 pounds. Useful load 1350 pounds. Variable payload. Gross weight 3150 pounds.
Fuel capacity 50 gallons. Oil capacity 5 gallons.
Maximum speed 175 miles per hour. Cruising speed 152 miles per hour. Landing speed 45 miles per hour. Service ceiling 15,000 feet. Rate of climb 1000 feet per minute. Cruising range 550-850 miles.
Fuselage: framework of steel tubing, welded and covered with fabric and aluminum. Wings: inverse stagger type; spars are of spruce, fabricated solid; ribs are also of spruce; built up truss; flaps are built into the underside of each lower wing; the upper wing is attached direct to the top of the fuselage with an I-type heat-treated steel interplane strut on either side of the fuselage; bracing terminals are in the wings and are accessible through inspection covers; elliptical wing tips are outside of the interplane struts. Tail group: wood and welded steel tube framework fabric covered; tab control on elevator. Fully retractable landing gear may be instantly folded inwardly into fuselage; equipped with 24-inch streamlined, or 7.50 X 10 semi-balloon tires, Autofan wheels and brakes, hydraulic shock absorbers; cable controls throughout with movable parts equipped with and operating over ball bearings.
Standard equipment includes starter, generator, navigation lights, Exide battery, sound-proofed cabin, safety-glass windshield, Hartzell wood propeller.
Instruments: compass, altimeter, ammeter, tachometer, air speed indicator, oil temperature indicator, oil pressure gauge, fuel gauges.