Specifications (DH.87B)
Data from De Havilland Aircraft since 1909
General characteristics
- Crew: 1, pilot
- Capacity: 1, passenger or trainee
- Length: 24 ft 11½ in (7.61 m)
- Wingspan: 31 ft 11 in (9.73 m)
- Height: 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
- Wing area: 244.5 ft² (22.7 m²)
- Empty weight: 1,241 lb (564 kg)
- Loaded weight: 1,950 lb (886 kg)
- Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major I 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted straight engine, 130 hp (97 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 124 mph (108 kn, 200 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 105 mph (91 kn, 169 km/h)
- Range: 620 mi (539 nmi, 998 km)
- Service ceiling: 14,800 ft (4,500 m)
- Rate of climb: 690 ft/min (3.51 m/s)
- Wing loading: 7.97 lb/ft² (39.0 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.067 hp/lb (0.11 kW/kg)
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