Waco Aircraft Company, Troy, Ohio
Specifications from Aero Digest, April, 1935:
• President and General Manager: C. H. Brukner. Vice-president: Lee N. Brutus. Sales Manager: Hugh R. Perry. Chief Engineer: A. F. Arcier.
Two-place open-or-closed biplane. P. & W. Wasp Junior engine, 420 horsepower. ATC 543.
Span 32 feet 8.62 inches. Length overall 25 feet .5 inch. Height overall 8 feet 11.5 inches. Wing area 256.3 square feet. Power loading 9.05 pounds per horsepower. Wing loading 14.84 pounds per square foot.
Empty weight 2435 pounds. Useful load 965 pounds. Payload 202 pounds. Gross weight 3400 pounds. Fuel capacity 90 gallons. Oil capacity 6 gallons.
Maximum speed 196 miles per hour. Cruising speed 170 miles per hour. Landing speed 60 miles per hour. Service ceiling 20,000 feet. Rate of climb 1600 feet per minute. Cruising range 600 miles.
Fuselage: fabric covered; chrome molybdenum welded steel tubing; tandem seating arrangement with dual controls; coupe top for each cockpit; baggage compartment aft of rear seat. Wings: fabric covered; spars spruce; ribs spruce and plywood; external bracing by streamlined wires; N-type interplane struts. Tail group: fabric covered; wood spars; metal ribs in fin and stabilizer; metal tubing in rudder and elevators; adjustable stabilizer. Fixed divided-type landing gear equipped with wheel pants, 8.50 X 10 tires, Autofan wheels and brakes, oleo shock absorbers; equipped with swivelling tail wheel.
Standard equipment includes Hamilton Standard controllable-pitch propeller, Exide battery, electric starter, generator, landing lights, flares, bonding and shielding, Lear, Westport or RCA radio receiver, indirectly lighted instrument board.
Instruments: air speed indicator, altimeter, tachometer, compass, oil pressure gauge, oil temperature gauge, fuel pressure gauge, bank and turn indicator, rate of climb indicator, thermocouple, voltmeter, Pioneer clock.