page_title: Wedell-Williams Model 44
section_title: Specifications (Model 44)
hierarchical_section_title: Wedell-Williams Model 44 / Specifications (Model 44)
caption_attribution_description: English: Wedell Williams 44 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile Salon 1932
context_page_description: The Wedell-Williams Model 44 is a racing aircraft, four examples of which were built in the United States in the early 1930s by the Wedell-Williams Air Service Corporation. It began as a rebuilding of the partnership's successful We-Will 1929 racer, but soon turned into a completely new racing monoplane aircraft, powered by a large radial engine. Model 44s became the dominant racers of the 1930s, setting innumerable records including setting a new world speed record in 1933.
  The only surviving Model 44 is on display at the Crawford Auto-Aviation Museum, Cleveland, Ohio. Three replica Model 44s are on display at the Louisiana State Museum, Patterson, Louisiana.
context_section_description: General characteristics
  Crew: 1
  Length: 23 ft 0 in (7.01 m)
  Wingspan: 26 ft 3 in (8.0 m)
  Height: 8 ft 1 in (2.46 m)
  Wing area: 107.9 sq ft (10.02 m²)
  Airfoil: M-10 (modified)
  Empty weight: 1,702 lb (772 kg)
  Gross weight: 2,677 lb (1,214 kg)
  Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-1690-S1C3G 9-cyl. air-cooled radial piston engine, 1,020 hp (760 kW)
  Propellers: 2-bladed Hamilton Standard ground adjustable, Curtiss adjustable or Smith adjustable propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 325 mph (523 km/h, 282 kn) 
  Range: 900 mi (1,400 km, 780 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,300 m)
  Wing loading: 24.83 lb/sq ft (121.2 kg/m²)
caption: Wedel Williams 44 3-view drawing from L'Aerophile Salon 1932
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