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Model B17B Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 560.
Issued December 4, 1934.
Total Built:  One (constructor number 20, NC14408)
Price:  $9,000
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  273 ft2
Wing loading:  11.5 lb./ ft2
Length:  24 feet 6 inches
Height:  8 feet 6 inches
Basic empty weight:  1,850 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  3,150 lb.
Engine:  Jacobs R-830-1 (L-5) seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 285 hp.
Propeller:  Curtiss metal, fixed pitch.
Power loading:  11.0 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  185 mph
Cruise speed:  173 mph
Landing speed:  45 mph
Rate of climb:  1,100 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  18,000 ft.
Fuel capacity:  50 gallons standard, 120 gallons with optional tanks
Range:  500 statute miles
Technical features:  Long-length main landing gear shock struts. Ailerons on lower wings. Drag flaps on undersurface of lower wings. Semi-cantilever empennage. No tailwheel doors. Wind rib spacing 7 ˝ inches.



 
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