Fairchild 45A (Wright 320 h.p.)  Details from Aero Digest, June 1937

Model 45A (Wright, 320 h.p.)

TYPE CERTIFICATE No. 603. TYPE: 5-place, cabin, land, monoplane.

DIMENSIONS: Length overall, 30 ft. Ah in. Height overall, 8 ft. Span, 39 ft. 6 in. Root chord, 94 in. Tip chord, 47 in.

AREAS Wing (incl ailerons) 248 sq. ft. Ailerons, 20.8 sq. ft. Rudder 10.88 sq. ft. Fin, 8.22 sq. ft. Elevators, 16.01 sq. ft. Stabilizers, 20.83 sq. ft.

WEIGHTS: Empty, 2512 lbs. Useful load, 1488 lbs. Pay load, 733 lbs. Gross weight loaded, 4000 lbs. Wind loading, 16.1 Ibs. per sq. ft. Power loading, 12.5 lbs. per h.p.

POWER PLANT: Wright R760-E2. Rated 320 h.p. at 2200 r.p.m. Fuel capacity, 90 gals. Oil capacity, 6 gals, Fuel consumption, 20.8 gals. per hr. at 1950 r.p.m. Oil consumption, 4 pints per hr. at 1950 r.p.m.

PERFORMANCE: High speed, 170 m.p.h. at 0 ft., cruising speed, 164 m.p.h. at 8000 ft.; landing speed, 53 m.p.h. Climb at sea level, 1100 ft. Ist min. Service ceiling, 19,000 ft.; absolute ceiling, 21,000 ft.; cruising range, 840 mi. with 90 gals., 1120 mi. with 120 gals., 1400 mi. with 150 gals.

CONSTRUCTION: Wing, root 2218 and tip 2209 airfoil section, center section aluminum alloy spars and tip section spruce box-spars, center section, aluminum alloy ribs and tip section, spruce truss ribs, center section aluminum alloy covered and tip section, fabric-covered. Fuselage, steel trussed, fabric-covered. Empennage, aluminum alloy fabric-covered Landing gear, retractable, tread, 111 in., 8.5x10 tires. Hayes wheels, hydraulic brakes, spring-oil shock absorbers.

RIGGING: Angle of incidence, root 3 deg., dihedral top surface 5 deg.

 

 

 

Fairchild-45 in flight (taken in 1937)

 

Fairchild-45 line drawing