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| Model T303 Crusader |
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| Cessna T303 Crusader (N11FV) |
| Role |
six-seat cabin monoplane |
| Manufacturer |
Cessna Aircraft Company |
| First flight |
February 14, 1978 |
| Number built |
315 |
The Cessna T303 Crusader is an American six-place light twin aircraft built by Cessna Aircraft Company. Production ceased in 1986.
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.
Specifications (T303)
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: 5,150 lb (2,336 kg)
- Maximum takeoff: 5,150 lb (2,336 kg)
- Powerplant: 2x Continental Motors TSIO-520AE, 250hp (185 kW) each
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: 26.25 lb/ft² (132.7 kg/m²)
- Power/Mass: 0.097 hp/lb (0.158 kW/kg)
See also
Comparable aircraft
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Published in July 2009.
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