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Model E17B Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 641.
Issued May 22, 1937.
Total Built:  54
Price:  $9,890 in 1937, increased to $12,380 by April 1940
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  296.5 ft2
Wing loading:  11.32 lb./ ft2
Length:  25 feet 11 ¼ inches
Height:  8 feet
Basic empty weight:  2,120 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  3,350-3,390 lb.
Engine:  Jacobs R-830-1 (L-5) seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 285 hp.
Propeller:  Curtiss metal, fixed pitch.
Power loading:  11.74 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  185 mph
Cruise speed:  177 mph. @ 7,200 feet
Landing speed:  45 mph
Rate of climb:  1,200 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  18,000 ft.
Fuel capacity:  76 gallons standard, 125 gallons with optional tanks
Range:  600 statute miles
Technical features:  Lengthened fuselage. Ailerons on upper wings. Plain flaps on lower wings. Semi-cantilever empennage. No tailwheel doors. Wing rib spacing 8 inches.



 
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