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The Dayton-Wright PS-1 was an American single-seat fighter interceptor aircraft built by the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company.
[edit] Design and development
In response to a requirement for an aircraft in the Alert Pursuit (Special) the Dayton-Wright Airplane Company designed an aircraft with the Army designation PS-1. The PS-1 was an advanced parasol monoplane with wooden flying surfaces and whose fuselage was fabric-covered steel-tube structure. An unusual design for the time was a tailskid undercarriage with the main units designed to retract into the lower fuselage sides. The landing gear was hand-operated using a chain-and-sprocket system. It could be raised in 10 seconds and lowered in 6 seconds.
Three aircraft were ordered as the XPS-1, one was used for ground tests and the other for flight trials.
[edit] Operational history
Test flights began in 1923 but the performance was so poor the United States Army Air Service refused to accept the design.
[edit] Operators
United States
[edit] Specifications(XPS-1)
Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 19 ft 2 in (5.84 m)
- Wingspan: 30 ft 0 in (9.14 m)
- Height: ()
- Wing area: 143 ft² (13.38 m²)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,715 lb (778 kg)
- Powerplant: 1× Lawrance J-1 radial piston, 200 hp (149 kW)
Performance
[edit] References
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
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