From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Consolidated Aircraft Corporation, Buffalo, New York
• President: Maj or Reuben H. Fleet. Vice president and General Manager: Lawrence D. Bell. Vice-president and Assistant General Manager: Ray P. Whitman.
Two-place open biplane. Wright Whirlwind R760E engine, 240 horsepower.
Span 31 feet 6 inches. Length overall 26 feet 9 inches. Height overall 9 feet 4 inches. Wing area 280.5 square feet.
Power loading 10.8 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 9.6 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 1952 pounds. Useful load 748 pounds. Variable payload. Gross weight 2700 pounds. Fuel capacity 41.5 gallons. Oil capacity 4 gallons.
Maximum speed 132 miles per hour. Cruising speed 112 miles per hour. Landing speed 50 miles per hour. Service ceiling 16,000 feet. Rate of climb 1060 feet per minute. Cruising range 380 miles.
Fuselage: fabric covered chrome moly welded steel tubing; detachable engine mount; tandem seating arrangement; dual controls; baggage compartment behind rear cockpit; instruments in both cockpits. Wings:. heat-treated dural ribs; laminated solid wood spars; fabric covered; fittings heat treated chrome moly steel; taper bolts at all wing hinge and interplane strut connections; wing fitting attachments through .Bakelite bushings; N -22 wing section; N -type steel tube center section and interplane struts. Tail group: welded steel, fabric covered; main structural members tubular steel; ribs stamped and tubular sections. Fixed divided type landing gear equipped with 9.50 X 12 tires, Autofan wheels and brakes, oleo spring shock absorbers; two streamlined side Vees and two half axles hinged at the inner ends to Vee cabane struts beneath the fuselage. All controls ball bearing equipped.
Standard equipment includes Hamilton Standard metal propeller.
Instruments: tachometer, oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge, altimeter, clock, compass. Also see data in July, 1931, AERO DIGEST.
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