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Model B17R Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 579.
Issued July 22, 1935.
Total Built:  15
Price:  $14,500
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  267 ft2
Wing loading:  13.4 lb./ ft2
Length:  24 feet 5 inches
Height:  8 feet 2 inches
Basic empty weight:  2,238 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  3,600-3,615 lb.
Engine:  Wright R-975E2 nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 420 hp.
Propeller:  Curtiss metal, ground-adjustable pitch.
Power loading:  8.5 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  210 mph.
Cruise speed:  202 mph. @ 9,000 feet, 195 mph. @ 5,000 feet
Landing speed:  55 mph
Rate of climb:  1,600 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  22,000 ft.
Fuel capacity:  93 gallons standard, 170 gallons with optional tanks
Range:  760 statute miles
Technical features:  Ailerons on lower wings. Drag flaps on undersurface of upper wings. Installation of Hamilton Standard controllable-pitch propeller required 25 lb. of ballast in the tail fairing to maintain proper weight and balance. No tailwheel doors.



 
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