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Model A17F Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 548.
Issued August 8, 1934.
Total Built:  One (constructor number 5, NC12583)
Price:  $25,000
Wing span:  34 feet 6 inches
Wing Area:  292.44 ft2
Wing loading:  14.6 lb./ ft2
Length:  24 feet 3 inches
Height:  8 feet 10 inches
Basic empty weight:  3,285 lb. (useful load: 1,915 lb.)
Maximum gross weight:  5,200 lb.
Engine:  Wright R-1820F11 "Cyclone" nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 690 hp.
Propeller:  Hamilton Standard, controllable pitch
Power loading:  7.73 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  215 mph
Cruise speed:  205 mph
Landing speed:  70 mph
Rate of climb:  1,500 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  25,000 ft.
Fuel capacity:  155 gallons
Range:  820 statute miles
Technical features:  Ailerons on lower wings. Narrow-chord drag flaps on undersurface of upper wings. Landing gear track increased 18 inches. Full-swiveling tailwheel. Semi-cantilever empennage. Rudder and elevator trim tabs replaced empennage trim system.



 
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