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Model C17E Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 615.
Issued August 13, 1936.
Total Built:  Two (Twenty in Japan under license)
Price:  Approximately $9,300
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  273 ft2
Wing loading:  13.1 lb./ ft2
Length:  24 feet 5 inches
Height:  8 feet 2 inches
Basic empty weight:  2,050 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  3,600-3,615 lb.
Engine:  Wright R-760E1 seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 285 hp.
Propeller:  Curtiss metal, fixed pitch.
Power loading:  12.6 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  185 mph
Cruise speed:  173 mph. @ 5,000 feet
Landing speed:  48 mph
Rate of climb:  1,200 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  18,500 ft.
Fuel capacity:  98 gallons standard, 121 gallons with optional tanks
Range:  865 statute miles
Technical features:  Ailerons on lower wings. Drag flaps on undersurface of upper wings. Semi-cantilever empennage. No tailwheel doors.



 
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