Specifications (B55)
Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976-77
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 5
- Length: 28 ft 0 in (8.53 m)
- Wingspan: 37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)
- Height: 9 ft 7 in (2.92 m)
- Wing area: 199.2 ft² (18.50 m²)
- Airfoil: NACA 23016.5 at root, NACA 23010.5 at tip
- Empty weight: 3,156 lb (1,431 kg)
- Max. takeoff weight: 5,100 lb (2,313 kg)
- Powerplant: 2 × Continental IO-470-L air-cooled six-cylinder horizontally opposed piston engine, 260 hp (194 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 205 knots (380 km/h, 236 mph) at sea level
- Cruise speed: 180 knots (333 km/h, 207 mph) 55% power at 12,000 ft (3,660 m)
- Stall speed: 73 knots (135.5 km/h, 84 mph) IAS, power off, wheels and flaps down
- Range: 942 nmi (1,746 km, 1,085 miles) 65% power at 10,500 ft (3,200 m), 45 min reserves
- Service ceiling: 19,700 ft (6,000 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,670 ft/min (8.5 m/s)
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