| Approved Type Certificate: Engineering Memorandum 560. |
| Issued December 4, 1934.: |
| Total Built: 46 |
| Price: $8,000 (increased to $8,550 in 1935) |
| Wing span: 32 feet |
| Wing Area: 273 ft2 |
| Wing loading: 11.53 lb./ ft2 |
| Length: 24 feet 6 inches |
| Height: 8 feet 6 inches |
| Basic empty weight: 1,650 lb. |
| Maximum gross weight: 3,150-3,165 lb. |
| Engine: Jacobs R-755D (L-4) seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 225 hp. |
| Propeller: Hartzell wood, or Curtiss metal, fixed pitch. |
| Power loading: 14.0 lb./hp. |
| Maximum speed: 175 mph |
| Cruise speed: 162 mph |
| Landing speed: 45 mph |
| Rate of climb: 1,000 ft./min. |
| Service ceiling: 15,000 ft. |
| Fuel capacity: 50 gallons standard, 120 gallons with optional tanks |
| Range: 600 statute miles |
| Technical features: First production version and first Model 17 to feature retractable landing gear. Long-length shock struts. Ailerons on lower wings. Drag flaps relocated to undersurface of lower wings. Semi-cantilever empennage. No tailwheel doors. Early production airplanes used pneumatic retraction system, but most were later converted to electric gear system. |
