Burnelli Aircraft, Ltd., Keyport, New Jersey
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• President: 1. M. Uppercu. Vice-president and General Manager: Vincent J. Burnelli. Sales Manager: H. R. Boyce. Chief Engineers: (Military division) Dr. Michael Watter; (Transport division) R. Contini.
Sixteen-place monoplane. Two P. & W. Hornet engines, 675 horsepower each.
Span 71 feet 2.4 inches. Length overall 42 feet 8 inches. Height overall 10 feet. Wing area (including 168 square feet in fuselage) 686 square feet. Power loading 10.2 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 20.4 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 8400 pounds. Useful load 5600 pounds. Payload 3400 pounds. Gross weight 14,000 pounds. Fuel capacity 270 gallons. Oil capacity 20 gallons.
Maximum speed 225 miles per hour. Cruising speed 205 miles per hour. Landing speed 65 miles per hour. Service ceiling 19,000 feet. Rate of climb 1180 feet per minute. Cruising range 500 miles.
Fuselage: all-metal box type; longitudinal bending taken by extruded aluminum alloy longerons and auxiliary stringers; longitudinal shear taken by 24ST aluminum alloy sheet of light gauges; transverse loads taken by bulkheads of extruded aluminum alloy chord and vertical members and flap sheet shear web. Wing: all-metal; spars are tension field beams of extruded aluminum alloy chord members and verticals, and 24ST sheet light gauge webs; aluminum alloy truss type ribs; 24ST skin; riveted construction; torque-driven flaps are aluminum alloy skin, truss ribs. Tail group: all-metal. Fully retractable landing gear equipped with 42 X 15 Goodrich tires, Autofan wheels and brakes, oil and spring shock absorbers. Fafnir bearings for plane controls.
Standard equipment includes Hamilton Standard variable-pitch propellers, landing, and navigation lights.
All flight and engine instruments; Kollsman and Pioneer products including altimeters, compass, fuel and oil gauges, tachometers, air speed indicators.
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