Stinson Reliant
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Stinson Reliant |
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| Type: | light transport aircraft |
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| First flight: |
1933 |
| Commissioning: |
1934 |
| Production time: |
1933 to 1941 |
| Number of pieces: |
1327 |
The Stinson Reliant was a single-engine aircraft produced by the US company Stinson Aircraft in high- wing design. It was equipped with four or five seats.
Between 1933 and 1941 a total of 1327 aircraft of this type were built in various designs. The last model, the Stinson Reliant SR-10, was produced from 1938.
Mission history
The SR-10 was used by the US Army as a light transport aircraft ( UC-81 , R3Q ), liaison aircraft ( L-12 ) and as a trainer aircraft ( AT-19 ) during World War II . In addition, it was also used as a light liaison and transport aircraft by the British Fleet Air Arm and Royal Air Force . After the war, the aircraft came on the civilian market under the name Vultee V-77 .
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Military operation
Civilian use
Technical data (SR-10)
A Stinson Reliant SR-10 (black) and a De Havilland DH-4B (wood) hanging from the ceiling in the National Postal Museum
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 3-4 |
| length | 8.4 m |
| span | 12.76 m |
| height | 2.61 m |
| Wing area | |
| Wing extension | |
| payload | 611 kg |
| Empty mass | 1150 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | |
| Cruising speed | 244 km / h |
| Top speed | |
| Service ceiling | 3871 m |
| Range | 1046 km |
| Engines | 1 × Lycoming R-680 , 245 PS or 1 × Wright R-760 , 350 PS or 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985 , 450 PS |
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