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Model B17E Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 566.
Issued May 9, 1935.
Total Built:  Four
Price:  $12,980
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  267 ft2
Wing loading:  12.2 lb./ ft2
Length:  24 feet 5 inches
Height:  8 feet 2 inches
Basic empty weight:  2,000 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  3,263-3,615 lb.
Engine:  Wright R-760E1 seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 285 hp.
Propeller:  Curtiss metal, fixed pitch.
Power loading:  11.4 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  185 mph
Cruise speed:  173-177 mph
Landing speed:  50 mph
Rate of climb:  1,200 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  18,000 ft.
Fuel capacity:  70 gallons standard
Range:  680 statute miles
Technical features:  Ailerons on lower wings. Drag flaps relocated to undersurface of upper wings. Main landing gear shock struts shortened four inches. No tailwheel doors.



 
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