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The Stearman LT-1 (Light Transport-1) was a late 1920s American biplane, carrying four passengers plus mail.

LT-1
Role light transport biplane
National origin United States
Manufacturer Stearman Aircraft Company
Number built 3
Developed from Stearman M-2 Speedmail

Design and development


The LT-1 was a slightly enlarged version of the Stearman M-2 Speedmail with four passengers in an enclosed cabin and space for 500 lb (230 kg) of mail. It was an unequal span, single bay biplane, its lower span only 70% that of the upper and with only 40% of its area. The wings were built around twin spars so, because of the narrower chord of the lower wings, the leading members of the N-form interplane struts which joined the wing spars leaned forward. Both upper and lower wings were set with 2° of dihedral and both carried ailerons, which were externally interconnected. Navigation and landing lights, the latter in streamlined underwing housings, were standard.[1]

The LT-1 was powered by a 525 hp (391 kW) Pratt & Whitney Hornet radial engine, nose-mounted with its nine cylinderheads exposed for cooling. Behind the engine there was a mail compartment and behind that a windowed cabin seated four passengers, provided with airspeed meter, altimeter and map box. Its pilot had an open cockpit with windscreen and streamlined headrest built into the rounded upper fuselage decking.[1]

Its tail was conventional, with a tailplane mounted on top of the fuselage and a cropped triangular fin with a rather angular balanced rudder.[1]

The undercarriage was also conventional, though with a tail wheel rather than a skid. Its mainwheels were on split axles and rearward drag struts, both mounted centrally on the fuselage underside, with vertical shock-absorbing legs.[1]


Operational history


Stearman LT-1 of Interstate Airlines
Stearman LT-1 of Interstate Airlines

The date of the LT-1's first flight is not known but it was certificated in 1929. The prototype was destroyed not long after its first flight by a wind storm. At least one was used by Interstate Airlines until 1934, after which it operated in China.[2]


Specifications


Data from Aero Digest (September 1929)[1]

General characteristics

Performance


See also


Related development


References


  1. Horsefall, J.E., ed. (August 1929). "Stearman Light Transport". Aero Digest. Vol. 15, no. 2. New York City: Aeronautical Digest Publishing Corp. p. 146.
  2. "Aerofiles: Stearman". Retrieved 25 May 2020.



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