From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company, Robertson, Missouri
• President: Ralph S. Damon. Vice-president and General Manager: G. J. Brandeweide. Sales Manager: E. K. Campbell. Chief Engineer: George Page. Export representative: Curtiss-Wright Export Corporation, Rockefeller Center, New York City, N. Y.
Five-place biplane pusher-type amphibion.
Wright Whirlwind R-975-E1 engine, 365 horsepower.
Span 40 feet. Length overall 31 feet. Height overall 12 feet 2 inches. Wing area 335 square feet. Chord 60 inches.
Power loading 12.85 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 14 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 3100 pounds. Useful load 1600 pounds. Payload 800 pounds. Gross weight 4700 pounds. Fuel capacity 80 gallons. Oil capacity 6.75 gallons.
Maximum speed 150 miles per hour. Cruising speed 126 miles per,hour. Landing speed 60 miles per hour. Service ceiling 13,000 feet. Rate of climb 850 feet per minute. Cruising range 500 miles.
Hull: anodized and painted Alclad, Alclad covered; cabin arrangement optional with either one pilot or two pilots with dual controls. Wings: fabric covered wood frame construction spruce beams and ribs; NACA 2412 wing section; rigid strut bracing; duralumin ailerons, fabric covered on lower wings only; pronounced stagger permitting greater visibility from cabin; double water rudder connected by springs to main rudder control. Tail group: duralumin construction, protected against corrosion; alclad fin built integral with hull; tabs on elevators controllable from cockpit in flight. Fully retractable landing gear equipped with General streamline tires, Autofan brakes. Wheel in bow of hull retracts into a mast.
Standard equipment includes metal propeller, Exide battery.
Instruments: tachometer, altimeter, oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge, air speed indicator. Also see data in August, 1934, and September, 1934, AERO DIGEST.
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