The Consolidated Model 2 was a PT-1 biplane trainer diverted to the

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for a trainer competition in 1925. It beat out 14 other designs, and was ordered into production as the NY-1."The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft
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Development

The NY-1 was essentially a PT-1 with provisions for the wheeled landing gear to be replaced by a single large float under the fuselage and two stabilising floats under the tips of the lower wing. A larger vertical tail was added to counter the effect of the floats. The NY-2 had a longer span wing fitted to overcome the high wing-loading issue of the seaplane version. Tested with complete success during October 1926, the Navy ordered 181 with the uprated R-790-8 Wright Whirlwind J-5 engine of . The NY-3 aircraft were similar to the NY-2 but had

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-94 engines.

Operational history

The NY-1's first flight was November 1925, with deliveries starting May 1926. The NY-2s first flight was October 1926. The Navy had 108 in active use in 1929, with 35 more assigned to reserve squadrons. The NY-3 was delivered in 1929. The NY series was being phased out in the mid-1930s, with 15 in service in 1937, and one in service in 1939.

Variants

Consolidated NY seaplane near NAS Pensacola c1924

;NY-1: wingspan , Wright J-4 Whirlwind, 76 built. ;NY-1A: a number of NY-1 aircraft modified for gunnery training with one trainable

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in the rear cockpit. ;NY-1B: a number of retrofitted NY-1 aircraft with the long-span wings of the NY-2 and the

Wright J-5 Whirlwind The Wright R-790 Whirlwind was a series of nine-cylinder air-cooled radial aircraft engines built by Wright Aeronautical Corporation, with a total displacement of about and around . These engines were the earliest members of the Wright Whirlwin ...

. ;NY-2: wingspan increased to , 220 hp J-5, 181 built. ;NY-2A: NY-2 aircraft armed for gunnery training, 25 built. ;NY-3: similar to the NY-2 with a

-94 Whirlwind, 20 built. ;XN3Y-1: a single NY-2 tested with a

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-A Whirlwind.

Operators

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Specifications (NY-2 floatplane)

References

External links

Consolidated NY-1 (NASA)
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Consolidated NY-2 (NASA)
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