Consolidated NY

The Consolidated Model 2 was a PT-1 biplane trainer diverted to the United States Navy for a trainer competition in 1925. It beat out 14 other designs, and was ordered into production as the NY-1.

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 220 hp. The NY-3 aircraft were similar to the NY-2 but had 240 hp Wright R-760-94 engines.

Operational history
The NY-1's first flight was November 1925, with deliveries starting May 1926. The NY-2's 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

 * NY-1: wingspan 34 ft, 200 hp Wright J-4 Whirlwind, 76 built.


 * NY-1A: a number of NY-1 aircraft modified for gunnery training with one .30 in trainable machine gun in the rear cockpit.


 * NY-1B: a number of retrofitted NY-1 aircraft with the long-span wings of the NY-2 and the 220 hp Wright J-5 Whirlwind.


 * NY-2: wingspan increased to 40 ft, 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 240 hp Wright R-760-94 Whirlwind, 20 built.


 * XN3Y-1: a single NY-2 tested with a Wright R-790-A Whirlwind.

Operators

 * 🇺🇸 United States
 * United States Navy
 * United States Marine Corps