Ryan PT-22 Recruit - Specifications (PT-22)

Specifications (PT-22)

Data from Pilots Flight Operating Instructions and The New Ryan

General characteristics

  • Crew: two (student and instructor)
  • Length: 22 ft 5 in (6.90 m)
  • Wingspan: 30 ft 1 in (9.17 m)
  • Height: 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m)
  • Wing area: 134.25 sq ft (12.5 sq m)
  • Airfoil: NACA 2412
  • Empty weight: 1308 lb (593 kg)
  • Loaded weight: 1860 lb (844 kg)
  • Useful load: 552 lb (250 kg)
  • Max. takeoff weight: 1,860 lb (844 kg)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Kinner R-540, 160 hp (120 kW)

Performance

  • Never exceed speed: 190 mph (305 km/h)
  • Maximum speed: 125 mph (200 km/h)
  • Cruise speed: 100 mph (160 km/h)
  • Stall speed: 62 mph, flaps down; 64 mph, flaps up (100 km/h, flaps down; 103 km/h, flaps up)
  • Range: 231 miles @1560 RPM (371 km @1560 RPM)
  • Service ceiling: 15,400 ft (4,700 m)
  • Rate of climb: 710 fpm @ max TO weight (216 m/min @ max TO weight)
  • Wing loading: 13.6 lb/sq ft

Armament

  • none

Avionics

  • none

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