type of aircraft
Percival Merganser
The Percival Merganser was a light, civil transport of the late 1940s. It was a twin-engine, high-wing monoplane of all-metal, stressed skin construction with retractable tricycle undercarriage.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Hunting Aircraft
- First flight
- 1947-05-09
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 145 kt
- Max speed
- 168 kt
- Range
- 700 nm
- Service ceiling
- 24,000 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,010 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 6,700 lb
- Empty weight
- 5,300 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 126 US gal
- Powerplant
- 2 × de Havilland Gipsy Queen 51
- Engines
- 2
- Seats
- 6
- Length
- 39.7 ft
- Wingspan
- 47.8 ft
- Height
- 13.8 ft
- Number built
- 2
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.