From Aero Digest, April, 1935:
E. M. Laird Airplane Company, Chicago, Illinois
• Six-place sesquiplane. Pratt and Whitney Wasp SIDl engine, 450 horsepower. Span 38 feet. Length overall 27 feet 6 inches. Height overall 8 feet 8 inches. Wing area 250 square feet. Power loading 11.9 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 21.3 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 3205 pounds. Useful load 2145 pounds. Payload 1170 pounds. Gross weight 5350 pounds. Fuel capacity 150 gallons. Oil capacity 10 gallons.
Maximum speed 200 miles per hour. Cruising speed 175 miles per hour. Landing speed 58 miles per hour. Service ceiling 21,000 feet. Rate of climb 1600 feet per minute. Cruising range 850 miles.
Fuselage: all-metal, 24ST duralumin, of the semi-monocoque type; smooth skin outer covering, 24ST, riveted to elliptical shaped bulkheads formed from 17ST bulb L-sections except main bulkheads at wing root stations which are of two extruded bulb T -sections with a 17ST web riveted between them forming an I cross-section. Wings: upper wing panels and outer tips of lower stub panels are spruce and plywood construction, fabric covered; chrome molybdenum steel tubing is used for inner section of lower stub wings; flaps extend across entire lower wing and fuselage; all-metal 24ST. Tail group: cantilever type, all-metal 24ST; smooth skin; elevator provided with trim tab. Cantilever fixed-type landing gear equipped with General streamlined tires, Bendix wheels and brakes, Cleveland Pneumatic shock absorbers, streamlined metal pants. Fafnir bearings for plane controls.
Standard equipment includes Hamilton Standard metal controllable-pitch propeller, Exide battery, landing lights, radio, Wiley flares, cabin heater, lavatory.
Instruments: compass, air speed indicator, altimeter, turn and bank indicator, rate of climb indicator, Sperry gyro-horizon, Sperry directional gyro, clock, ammeter, engine head temperature indicator, fuel pressure gauge, oil pressure gauge, Oil temperature gauge, voltmeter. Also see data in January, 1935, Aero DIGEST.
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