From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
Curtiss-Wright Airplane Company, Robertson, Missouri
• Two-place open biplane. (Models 16E and 16WJ respectively; data on 16WJ indicated in brackets.) Wright Whirlwind R-540-E engine, 175 horsepower (Warner Scarab Junior engine, 90 horsepower).
Span 28 feet 10 inches. Length overall 20 feet 9 inches. Height overall 8 feet 10 inches. Wing area 222 square feet. Chord 48 inches.
Power loading 11.1 (20) pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 9.5 (8.7) pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 1320 (1190) pounds. Useful load 630 (610) pounds. Gross weight 1950 (1800) pounds. Fuel capacity 33 gallons. Oil capacity 4 gallons.
Maximum speed 131 (105) miles per hour. Cruising speed 111 (90) miles per hour. Landing speed 47 (45) miles per hour. Service ceiling 17,500 (10,000) feet. Rate of climb 1030 (372) feet per minute. Cruising range 336 (530) miles.
Fuselage: fabric covered; chrome molybdenum steel tubing; treated to prevent rust and corrosion; tandem seating arrangement, dual controls; fittings and attaching brackets for engine mount, wings, undercarriage, empennage and tail wheel welded integral with fuselage. Wings: fabric covered; solid spruce beams, ribs of spruce and mahogany, Warren truss type; leading edges fa ired with aluminum coated dual sheet; trailing edge formed by rigid Hyblum channel; wire bracing; Clark Y-15 airfoil section. Tail group: fabric covered; steel framework of welded integral units; rudder equipped with overhung balance; stabilizer adj us table in flight; braced by six tie rods, two on either side of fin, one on either side of stabilizer. Fixed split-axle landing gear equipped with HydroFlex oleo shock absorbers, low pressure 6.50 X 10 wheels; adaptable for float installation. Plane controls actuated by ball bearing cable controls over pulleys.
Standard equipment includes wood propeller, ignition and engine switches, hand fire extinguisher.
Instruments: tachometer, altimeter, oil pressure gauges. Available in both the front and rear cockpits.