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Model D17R Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 638.
Issued May 20, 1937.
Total Built:  26
Price:  $16,490 in 1937, increased to $18,870 by April 1940
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  296.5 ft2
Wing loading:  14.17 lb./ ft2
Length:  26 feet 10.6 inches
Height:  8 feet
Basic empty weight:  2,570 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  4,200 lb.
Engine:  Wright R-975E3 nine-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 420 hp.
Propeller:  Hamilton Standard controllable pitch.
Power loading:  10.0 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  211 mph
Cruise speed:  202 mph.
Landing speed:  50 mph
Rate of climb:  1,400 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  23,000 ft.
Fuel capacity:  102 gallons standard, 174 gallons with optional tanks
Range:  670 statute miles
Technical features:  Lengthened fuselage. Ailerons on upper wings. Plain flaps on lower wings. Cantilever empennage. Tailwheel doors. Wing rib spacing 6.5 inches.



 
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