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Model A17FS Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 577.
Issued July 6, 1935, amended August 12, 1935 to correct errors in original weight and balance calculations.
Total Built:  One (constructor number 11, NC12569)
Price:  $25,000
Wing span:  34 feet 5 ¾ inches
Wing Area:  338 ft2
Wing loading:  16 lb./ ft2
Length:  23 feet 10 7/8 inches
Height:  8 feet 10 inches
Basic empty weight:  3,279 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  5,416 lb.
Engine:  Supercharged Wright SR-1820F3 "Cyclone" nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 710 hp.
Propeller:  Hamilton Standard, controllable pitch
Power loading:  7.6 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  235 mph
Cruise speed:  210-215 mph
Landing speed:  67 mph
Rate of climb:  1,500 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  in excess of 20,000 ft.
Fuel capacity:  187 gallons
Range:  1,000 statute miles
Technical features:  Supercharged "Cyclone" engine. Ailerons on lower wings. Drag flaps on undersurface of upper wings. Semi-cantilever empennage. Full-swiveling tailwheel. Increased elevator chord to improve landing characteristics.



 
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