In 1929 the stock market collapsed. Berliner/Joyce set the 29 1 aside and concentrated on a more promising military contract for the XFJ-1, a Navy carrier fighter contract they had gotten in May of that year.
The first military design of the new Berliner/Joyce Aircraft Co. was the XFJ 1. Bristol Fighter influence was carried over into the single seater fighter by dropping the lower wing to reduce wing interaction.
The upper wing of the XFJ-1 was gulled into the fuselage and the lower wing was dropped sixteen inches below the fuselage. The XFJ 1 did not earn a production contact for Beliner/Joyce. The lower wing, so near the ground, created so much turbulence that it was difficult to keep the airplane from ground loop¬ing.
When the Navy lost interest in the XFJ 1, Temple Joyce attempted to interest the Air Corps in it. Fitted first with an anti drag ring and later with wheel pants, it had a top speed of 193mph.
In the same year that the XFJ 1 was tested, 1930, Berliner/Joyce came out with the OJ 2.
Engine: P&W Wasp, 450 hp. Top speed: 193mph.
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