The was an
American single-seat fighter interceptor built by the
Dayton-Wright Airplane Company .
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 . The PS-1 was an advanced parasol monoplane with wooden flying surfaces and fabric-covered fuselage with a 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.
Test flights begain in
1923 but the performance was so poor the United States Army Air Service refused to accept the design.
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The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)
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19 ft 2 in
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584 m
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914 m
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143 ft&2
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1338 m&2
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1,715 lb
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778 kg
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Lawrence J-1
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200 hp
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149 kW
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146 mph
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235 km/h
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