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photo taken at Boston Airport, August 8, 1936
From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York
• Two-place open land or seaplane biplane. (Models 10 and 11 respectively; data on Model 11 indicated in brackets.) ATC 374 (526). Kinner B-5 engine, 125 horsepower. (Kinner R-5 engine, 160 horsepower).
Span 28 feet. Length overall 21 feet. Height overall 7 feet 10 inches. Wing area 194.4 square feet.
Power loading 14.1 (11.1) pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 8.72 (8.7) pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 1063 (1175) pounds. Useful load 698 (565) pounds. Variable payload. Gross weight 1761 (1740) pounds.
Fuel capacity 24-49 (27-52) gallons. Oil capacity 3 gallons.
Maximum speed 115 (124) miles per hour. Cruising speed 96 (109) miles per hour. Landing speed 47 (48) miles per hour. Service ceiling 14,300 (17,800) feet. Rate of climb 862 (1178) feet per minute. Cruising range 627 (553) miles.
Fuselage: fabric covered. welded chrome moly steel tubing, hermetically sealed; tandem seating arrangement, dual controls. Wings: fabric covered; spruce spars; heat treated duralumin ribs; chrome moly steel tube compression struts; steel tie rods and stamped chrome moly steel fittings carried above fuselage on chrome moly steel tubing external struts; N -type streamlined struts for interplane bracing; ailerons on lower wings only, of triangulated spruce and plywood structure, fabric covered. Tail group: welded steel, fabric covered; main structural members tubular; ribs are both stamped and tubular sections; stabilizer adjustable in flight; fin adjustable on ground and cambered on one side to counteract engine torque. Landing gear of cabane-divided axle type equipped with 8.50 X 10 tires, Autofan wheels and brakes, oleo-spring shock absorbers; leaf-spring tail skid. Engine and plane controls bronze bushings; oil soaked wood block for push-pull tubes.
Standard equipment includes Hartzell wood propeller or Curtiss Reed metal propeller, and battery.
Instruments: tachometer, altimeter, oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge in both cockpits.