Ryan Aeronautical Company, San Diego, California
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• President and General Manager: T. Claude Ryan. Vice-president and Sales Manager: Earl D. Prudden. Chief Engineer: William Vandermeer.
Two-place open low-wing monoplane. Menasco B-4 engine, 95 horsepower. ATC 541.
Span 29 feet 11 inches. Length overall 21 feet 8 inches. Height overall 6 feet 11 inches. Chord 56 inches. Power loading 16.5 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 12.5 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 1027 pounds. Useful load 543 pounds. Payload 210 pounds. Gross weight 1570 pounds. Fuel capacity 24 gallons. Oil capacity 2.5 gallons.
Maximum speed 140 miles per hour. Cruising speed 120 miles per hour. Landing speed 40 miles per hour. Service ceiling 15,000 feet. Rate of climb 850 feet per minute. Cruising range 400 miles.
Fuselage: monocoque construction, all-metal Alclad and 17 ST; elliptical cross-section; tandem seating arrangement, dual controls; adaptable for sliding cockpit enclosure. Wing: fabric covered; spars of composite spruce; ribs and compression members of metal; nose of wing covered by 17 ST sheet; braced by streamlined wires; ailerons are of metal structure operated by a torque tube from the control stick; they are of the modified Friese type with differential action; flaps are of metal construction, fabric covered; extend over approximately two-thirds the wing span. Tail group: 17 ST alloy construction, fabric covered; trim tabs on trailing edge of elevators. Fixed treadle type fully streamlined landing gear equipped with Goodyear 18 X 8.5 airwheels, Goodyear multiple disc brakes, Cleveland Pneumatic hydraulic shock absorbers; full swivelling tail wheel with castor action through 360°. Engine and plane controls of Micarta, graphite impregnated bearings.
Standard equipment includes wiring for navigation lights, Hartzell wood propeller.
Instruments: tachometer, oil pressure gauge, temperature indicator, altimeter, compass, air speed indicator. Also see data in July, 1934, AERO DIGEST.