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The Cessna T303 Crusader is an American six-place light twin aircraft built by Cessna Aircraft Company.
[edit] Design and development
The original Cessna 303 Clipper was first flown on February 14, 1978, it was a low-wing four-seat Lycoming powered twin-engined aircraft that would have competed with the Piper Seminole, Gulfstream American GA-7 Cougar, and Beech Duchess. After market demand for 4-place light twins declined and only one 303 Clipper was built before Cessna redesigned the aircraft as a six-place twin. The new model, designated the T303 Crusader first flew on October 17, 1979, with the first deliveries in October of 1981. The T303 is an all-metal low-wing six-seat twin-engined aircraft with a tricycle undercarriage. At the time it was the first all-new production twin built by Cessna in over a decade.
[edit] Specifications (T303)
[edit] General characteristics
- Crew: 1 pilot
- Capacity: 5 passengers
- Length: 30 ft 6 in (9.27 m)
- Wingspan: 39 ft 0.5 in (11.90 m)
- Height: 13 ft 4 in (4.06 m)
- Wing area: 196.2 ft² (17.6 m²)
- Empty: 3,364 lb (1,526 kg)
- Loaded: lb ( kg)
- Maximum takeoff: 5,150 lb (2,336 kg)
- Powerplant: 2x Continental Motors TSIO-520AE, 250hp (185 kW) each
[edit] Performance
- Maximum Speed: 250 mph (400 km/h)
- Range: 1,175 miles (1,890 km)
- Service ceiling: 25,000 ft (7,620 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,480 ft/min (451 m/min)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
- Power/Mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)
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