Specifications (Alpha 2)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 6 passengers
- Length: 28 ft 5 in (8.7 m)
- Wingspan: 41 ft 10 in (12.8 m)
- Height: 9 ft 0 in (2.7 m)
- Wing area: 295 ft² (27.4 m²)
- Empty weight: 2,590 lb (1,177 kg)
- Loaded weight: 4,500 lb (2,045 kg)
- Useful load: 1,910 lb (868 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: lb (kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney Wasp R-1340-SC1, 420 hp (313 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 177 mph (285 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 145 mph (233 km/h)
- Range: 1,650 mi (2,650 km)
- Service ceiling: 19,300 ft (5,885 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,400 ft/min (7.1 m/s)
- Wing loading: 15.3 lb/ft² (74.6 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.09 hp/lb (0.15 kW/kg)
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