page_title: Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing
section_title: Specifications (Beech Model D17S)
hierarchical_section_title: Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing / Specifications (Beech Model D17S)
context_page_description: The Beechcraft Model 17 Staggerwing is an American biplane with an atypical negative wing stagger. It first flew in 1932.
context_section_description: Data from Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War II
  General characteristics
  Crew: one
  Capacity: 125 lb (56.7 kg) baggage and three passengers
  Length: 26 ft 10 in (8.18 m)
  Wingspan: 32 ft (9.8 m)
  Height: 8 ft (2.4 m)
  Wing area: 296.5 sq ft (27.55 m²)
  Empty weight: 2,540 lb (1,152 kg)
  Gross weight: 4,250 lb (1,928 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 "Wasp Junior" radial engine, 450 hp (340 kW)   at 2,300 rpm
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 212 mph (341 km/h, 184 kn)
  Cruise speed: 202 mph (325 km/h, 176 kn)
  Range: 670 mi (1,078 km, 582 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,600 m)
  Rate of climb: 1,500 ft/min (7.6 m/s)
  Wing loading: 14.3 lb/sq ft (70 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 9.44 lb/hp (5.68 kg/kW)
caption: Beechcraft Model D17S was designated YC-43 by the US Army Air Corps and used as liaison aircraft for the US Air Attachés in London, Paris and Rome
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