{"id":1086,"date":"2012-07-09T11:00:31","date_gmt":"2012-07-09T18:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/?p=1086"},"modified":"2012-07-09T11:00:31","modified_gmt":"2012-07-09T18:00:31","slug":"decathlon-specification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/?p=1086","title":{"rendered":"Decathlon Specification"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Super Decathlon &#8211;\u00a0Model 8KCAB<\/strong><br \/>\nTail Number N2687Z<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Specifications:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Powerplant Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B<\/li>\n<li>Horse Power @ RPM 180 @ 2700 rpm<\/li>\n<li>Recommended Engine TBO 1400 hours<\/li>\n<li>Propeller, MTV-9 3 Bladed Propeller<\/li>\n<li>Propeller Diameter 74 in.<\/li>\n<li>Length 22.9 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Height 7.7 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Wingspan 32 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Wing Area 169.1 sq. ft.<\/li>\n<li>Wing Loading 10.64 lb. \/ sq. ft.<\/li>\n<li>Power Loading 10 lb. \/ HP<\/li>\n<li>Seats 2, Tandem<\/li>\n<li>Cabin Length 8 ft. 10 in.<\/li>\n<li>Cabin Width 2 ft. 6 in.<\/li>\n<li>Cabin Height 3 ft. 11 in.<\/li>\n<li>Empty Weight (typical) 1351 lbs.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum Gross Weight 1800 lbs. Aerobatic, 1950 Normal Category<\/li>\n<li>Useful Load 449 lbs. aerobatic, 599 normal<\/li>\n<li>Payload with Full Fuel 226 lbs. aerobatic, 359 lbs. normal<\/li>\n<li>Fuel Capacity, Standard 40 gal. (39 gal. Usable)<\/li>\n<li>Oil Capacity 10 quarts<\/li>\n<li>Baggage Capacity 100 lbs. (10.4 cubic feet)<\/li>\n<li>Performance:<\/li>\n<li>Acrobatic Limit Loading +6, -5 g&#8217;s<\/li>\n<li>Maximum Inverted Time 2 min.<\/li>\n<li>Takeoff Distance, Ground Roll 495 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Takeoff Distance Over 50-ft Obstacle 904 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Maximum Demonstrated Crosswind Component 17 kts.<\/li>\n<li>Rate of Climb, Sea Level 1280 fpm<\/li>\n<li>Maximum Level Speed, Sea Level 155 mph<\/li>\n<li>Cruise Speed \/ Endurance with 45 Minute Reserve @ 75% Power (Standard Fuel Tanks) 147 mph \/ 3.4 hours<\/li>\n<li>Fuel Consumption @ Altitude 9.5 gph @ 5000 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Cruise Speed \/ Endurance with 45 Minute Reserve @ 55% Power (Standard Fuel Tanks) 128 mph \/ 4.4 hours<\/li>\n<li>Fuel Consumption @ Altitude 7.6 gph @ 5000 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Service Ceiling 15800 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Landing Distance over 50-ft. Obstacle 1051 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Landing Distance, Ground Roll 425 ft.<\/li>\n<li>Limited and Recommended Airspeeds:<\/li>\n<li>VX (Best Angle) 58 mph<\/li>\n<li>VY (Best Rate) 80 mph<\/li>\n<li>VA (Design Maneuvering) 132 mph<\/li>\n<li>VNO (Maximum Structural Cruising) 160 mph<\/li>\n<li>VNE (Never Exceed) 200 mph<\/li>\n<li>VR (Rotation) 56 mph<\/li>\n<li>VS1 (Stall, Clean) 53 mph<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Super Decathlon &#8211;\u00a0Model 8KCAB Tail Number N2687Z Specifications: Powerplant Lycoming AEIO-360-H1B Horse Power @ RPM 180 @ 2700 rpm Recommended Engine TBO 1400 hours Propeller, MTV-9 3 Bladed Propeller Propeller Diameter 74 in. Length 22.9 ft. Height 7.7 ft. Wingspan 32 ft. Wing Area 169.1 sq. ft. Wing Loading 10.64 lb. \/ sq. ft. Power &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/?p=1086\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Decathlon Specification<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-flying"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1086"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1089,"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1086\/revisions\/1089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.austinity.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}