Specifications (Mk 26b)
Data from Supermarine Aircraft
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
- Wingspan: 27 ft 8 in (8.43 m)
- Height: 6 ft 9 in (2 m)
- Wing area: 122 ft² (11.3 m²)
- Empty weight: 992 lb (450 kg)
- Loaded weight: 1,785 lb (810 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × General Motors Isuzu V6 engine driving 3-bladed composite Ivoprop, 226 hp (168 kW)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: 230 knots (265 mph, 426 km/h)
- Maximum speed: 230 knots (265 mph, 426 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 160 knots (184 mph, 296 km/h)
- Stall speed: 42 knots (48 mph, 78 km/h)
- Rate of climb: 2,500 ft/min (762 m/min)
- Wing loading: 14.6 lb/ft² (71.7 kg/m²)
- Limited aerobatics, +6 -4 g
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