Piper PT-1
# Piper PT-1

The Piper PT-1 was a 1940s American two-seat primary training monoplane designed and built by Piper Aircraft at Lock Haven. A low-wing tandem two-seat monoplane, the PT-1 was the first Piper aircraft to have a low-wing. It had a fabric covering over an all-metal fuselage frame and wooden spar wings and tail unit. The PT-1 had a retractable tailwheel landing gear and was powered by a 130 hp (97 kW) Franklin 6AC-2980D engine. No further aircraft were built. A four-seat development was designed as the Piper PWA-6 which did not go into production either.

## Specifications (PT-1)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947

General characteristics

* Crew: 2
* Length: 22 ft 8 in (6.9 m)
* Wingspan: 35 ft 2 in (10.72 m)
* Height: 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
* Empty weight: 1,325 lb (601 kg)
* Gross weight: 2,000 lb (907 kg)
* Powerplant: 1 × Franklin 6AC-298 6-cyl. air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch wooden airscrew

Performance

* Maximum speed: 150 mph (240 km/h, 130 kn) plus
* Cruise speed: 135 mph (217 km/h, 117 kn) plus
* Landing speed: less than 50 mph (43 kn; 80 km/h)
* Range: 700 mi (1,100 km, 610 nmi)
* Service ceiling: 12,400 ft (3,800 m)
* Rate of climb: 750 ft/min (3.8 m/s) to 1,000 ft/min (300 m/min)
