page_title: SOCATA Rallye family
section_title: Specifications (180 GT)
hierarchical_section_title: SOCATA Rallye family / Specifications (180 GT)
caption_attribution_description: Avion de tourisme Morane-Saulnier Rally MS893 - aéro-club de Besançon Thise
context_page_description: The SOCATA Rallye is a light aircraft that was manufactured by French aviation company SOCATA. It was originally developed during the 1950s by French aircraft manufacturer Morane-Saulnier as the MS.880.
  On 10 June 1959, the prototype Rallye conducted the type's maiden flight; on 21 November 1961, type certification for the first production versions of the aircraft, designated as the MS.880B and more powerful MS.885, was awarded. Successive models of the Rallye were developed and manufactured; changes typically involved the installation of more powerful engines, structural strengthening, and the expansion of some of the flight control surfaces, culminating in the MS.890 Rallye Commodore series with higher gross weight and seating for four. As part of efforts to access the lucrative North American market, distributor agreements were formed with multiple US-based companies, such as the Waco Aircraft Company and BFA Aviation, to market, sell, and service the Rallye. These efforts, while not being trouble-free, provided valuable sales of the type.
  During 1979, SOCATA decided to rename all of the Rallye series' various models, each being assigned their own individual Gallic names.
context_section_description: Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1976–77
  General characteristics
  Crew: one
  Capacity: three passengers
  Length: 7.24 m (23 ft 9 in)
  Wingspan: 9.74 m (31 ft 11 in)
  Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
  Wing area: 12.3 m² (132 sq ft)
  Airfoil: NACA 63A416
  Empty weight: 570 kg (1,257 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 1,050 kg (2,315 lb)
  Powerplant:  × Lycoming O-360-A3A 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 134 kW (180 hp)
  Propellers: 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
  Cruise speed: 225 km/h (140 mph, 121 kn)
  Stall speed: 92 km/h (57 mph, 50 kn)
  Range: 1,300 km (810 mi, 700 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 3,600 m (11,800 ft)
  Rate of climb: 3.85 m/s (758 ft/min)
  Wing loading: 85.4 kg/m² (17.5 lb/sq ft)
  Power/mass: 0.13 kW/kg (0 hp/lb)
caption: Morane Saulnier Rallye 893
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