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Model F17D Specifications
Approved Type Certificate:  Engineering Memorandum 689.
Issued August 26, 1938.
Total Built:  60
Price:  $13,980
Wing span:  32 feet
Wing Area:  296.5 ft2
Wing loading:  11.97 lb./ ft2
Length:  25 feet 11 ˝ inches
Height:  8 feet
Basic empty weight:  2,155 lb.
Maximum gross weight:  3,550-3,590 lb.
Engine:  Jacobs R-915A3 (L-6) seven-cylinder, air-cooled radial, 330 hp.
Propeller:  Hamilton Standard, controllable pitch.
Power loading:  10.75 lb./hp.
Maximum speed:  195 mph
Cruise speed:  182 mph.
Landing speed:  46 mph
Rate of climb:  1,300 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. Tailwheel doors. Wing rib spacing 8 inches.



 
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