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Model E17L Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 641.
Issued May 22, 1937.
Total Built:  One
Price:  $9,090
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  296.4 ft2
Wing loading:  11.3 lb./ ft2
Length:  25 feet 11 inches
Height:  8 feet 2 inches
Basic empty weight:  2,080 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  3,350 lb.
Engine:  Jacobs R-755D (L-4) seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 225 hp.
Propeller:  Curtiss metal, fixed pitch.
Power loading:  14.8 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  173 mph
Cruise speed:  166 mph.
Landing speed:  48 mph
Rate of climb:  850 ft./min.
Service ceiling:  15,000 ft.
Fuel capacity:  34 gallons standard, 64 gallons with optional tanks
Range:  500 statute miles
Technical features:  Lengthened fuselage. Ailerons on upper wings. Plain flaps on lower wings. Semi-cantilever empennage. Tailwheel doors. Wing rib spacing 8 inches.



 
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