page_title: Curtiss Fledgling
section_title: Specifications (N2C-1)
hierarchical_section_title: Curtiss Fledgling / Specifications (N2C-1)
caption_attribution_description: English: Curtiss XN2C-1 3-view drawing from Le Document aéronautique November,1928
context_page_description: The Curtiss Fledgling, known internally to Curtiss as the Model 48 and Model 51 was a trainer aircraft developed for the United States Navy in the late 1920s and known in that service as the N2C.
context_section_description: Data from Curtiss aircraft : 1907-1947
  General characteristics
  Crew: 2
  Length: 27 ft 4 in (8.33 m)
  Wingspan: 39 ft 2 in (11.93 m)
  Height: 10 ft 4 in (3.14 m)
  Wing area: 365 sq ft (33.9 m²)
  Airfoil: Curtiss C-72
  Empty weight: 2,135 lb (968 kg)
  Gross weight: 2,832 lb (1,285 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Wright J-5 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 220 hp (160 kW)
  Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 108.7 mph (174.9 km/h, 94.5 kn)
  Cruise speed: 87 mph (140 km/h, 76 kn)
  Range: 366 mi (589 km, 318 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 15,100 ft (4,600 m)
  Rate of climb: 695 ft/min (3.53 m/s)
caption: Curtiss XN2C-1 3-view drawing from Le Document aéronautique November,1928
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