[2] The aircraft, developed for a U.S. Air Service reconnaissance contact was not awarded a production contract despite successful demonstration flights by test pilot Bert Acosta over New York at temperatures as low as −11 °F.
[3] [4] The KB-1 is a tandem seat pusher biplane with open cockpits.
The tail is supported with two steel tube booms.
The landing gear used a four-wheel arrangement using Ackerman wheels[clarification needed] with "tusks" that dig into the ground for braking.
[5] Data from AAHS Journal,Aerial AgeGeneral characteristics Performance