Brown-Young BY-1

BY-1

General information
Type| Cabin biplane
National origin| United States
Manufacturer| Columbia Aircraft Co., Tulsa OK
Designer|

Richard E. Young, Willis Brown

Number built| 1
History
Introduction date| 1936

The Brown-Young BY-1, also called the Columbia Sesquiplane and the Model 2, was a prototype sesquiplane from Columbia Aircraft Co.

## Contents

* 1 Design and development
* 2 Operational history
* 3 Specifications (Brown-Young BY-1)
* 4 See also
* 5 References
* 6 External links

## Design and development

Richard E. Young was the inventor of Spiralloy, a directional glass fibre composite material used in high-strength applications. Together with Willis C. Brown he designed and built the BY-1, a four-seat equivalent to the two-seat Luscombe Phantom parasol monoplane.[1][citation needed] After completion, a smaller lower wing was mounted below the fuselage, converting it to a sesquiplane with backward staggered wings. The lower wing also housed the retractable landing gear main wheels.[2]

The wings were fabric covered, while the fuselage was of all-metal construction and supported the non-retractable tailwheel.[3] A single Jacobs radial engine in the nose drove a two-bladed propeller.

## Operational history

The engine from the BY-1 was later installed in the prototype MB-10 trainer. The BY-1 was scrapped at White Rock Airport in Dallas, Texas for materials during the Second World War.[2]

## Specifications (Brown-Young BY-1)

Data from [1](aerofile.com)

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Capacity: 3
* Powerplant: 1 × Jacobs L-4 Radial, 225 hp (168 kW)
* Propellers: 2-bladed

## See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

* Beechcraft Staggerwing
* Luscombe Phantom

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Aerofiles = Bown-Young". aerofiles.com. 17 April 2009. http://www.aerofiles.com/_bo.html.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Skyways (55): 47. July 2000.
3. ↑ Wood, Peter. "Rocket Science". Archived from the original on 6 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100706062705/http://www.nas.org/polArticles.cfm?doc_id=438. Retrieved 7 January 2012.

## External links

* Image of the BY-1
* Image of the Columbia Sesquiplane
* Profile of the BY-1

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