Howard DGA-15 - Specifications (UC-70)

Specifications (UC-70)

General characteristics

• Crew: one, pilot
• Capacity: 3-4 passengers (NH-1 trainer has additional blind flight student station behind pilot)
• Length: 25 ft 8 in (7.82 m)
• Wingspan: 38 ft 0 in (11.58 m)
• Height: 8 ft 5 in (2.57 m)
• Wing area: 210 ft² (19.5 m²

(Note: the wing span and chord are the same as the earlier DGA-11, but the DGA-15 area is calculated including the area displaced by the fuselage cabin))

• Airfoil: NACA 2R12 (reflexed)
• Empty weight: 2,700 lb (1,225 kg)
• Loaded weight: 4,350 lb (USN aircraft: 4,500 lb) (1,973 kg)
• Max. takeoff weight: 4,350 lb (1,973 kg)
• Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 radial engine, 450 hp (336 kW)

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 235 knots (270 mph, 437 km/h)
• Maximum speed: 175 knots (201 mph, 323 km/h)
• Range: 1,095 nm (1,260 mi, 2,028 km)
• Service ceiling: 21,000 ft (6,555 m)
• Rate of climb: 1,800 ft/min (550 m/min)
• Wing loading: 21.3 lb/ft² (104.7 kg/m²)
• Power/mass: 0.100 hp/lb (0.165 kW/kg)