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Model D17A Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 713.
Issued November 7, 1939.
Total Built:  Eight
Price:  $14,750 in 1937, increased to $16,350 by April 1940
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  296.5 ft2
Wing loading:  14.17 lb./ ft2
Length:  26 feet 7.8 inches
Height:  8 feet
Basic empty weight:  2,570 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  4,200 lb.
Engine:  Wright R-760E2 nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 350 hp.
Propeller:  Hamilton Standard controllable pitch.
Power loading:  13.1 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  180 mph
Cruise speed:  170 mph.
Landing speed:  50 mph
Rate of climb:  1,100 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  15,500 ft.
Fuel capacity:  98 gallons standard, 170 gallons with optional tanks
Range:  820 statute miles
Technical features:  Lengthened fuselage. Wing tip area reinforced with additional plywood to prevent flutter. Ailerons on upper wings. Plain flaps on lower wings. Cantilever empennage. Tailwheel doors. Wing rib spacing 6.5 inches.



 
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