page_title: Auster AOP.6
section_title: Specifications (AOP.6)
hierarchical_section_title: Auster AOP.6 / Specifications (AOP.6)
caption_attribution_description: English: Three side view of the Auster AOP.6 observation aircraft.
context_page_description: The Auster AOP.6 was a British military air observation aircraft produced by Auster Aircraft Limited to replace the numerous wartime Taylorcraft Auster aircraft then in-service.
context_section_description: Data from Macdonald Aircraft Handbook
  General characteristics
  Crew: 2
  Length: 23 ft 9 in (7.24 m)
  Wingspan: 36 ft 0 in (10.97 m)
  Height: 8 ft 4.5 in (2.553 m)
  Wing area: 184 sq ft (17.1 m²) excluding flaps
  Empty weight: 1,413 lb (641 kg)
  Max takeoff weight: 2,160 lb (980 kg)
  Fuel capacity: 23 imp gal (28 US gal; 105 l)
  Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major 7 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine, 145 hp (108 kW)
  Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 124 mph (200 km/h, 108 kn) at 1,000 ft (305 m)
  Cruise speed: 108 mph (174 km/h, 94 kn) 
  Landing speed: 32 mph (28 kn; 51 km/h) with flaps
  Range: 315 mi (507 km, 274 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 14,000 ft (4,300 m)
  Rate of climb: 810 ft/min (4.1 m/s) at 1,800 lb (816 kg)
  Wing loading: 11.7 lb/sq ft (57 kg/m²)
  Power/mass: 0.0676 hp/lb (0.1111 kW/kg)
caption: Auster AOP.6
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