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	MERCURY	WASP
Spanwidth	56 feet 4 inch	54 feet 2 inch
Length	35 feet 8 inch	34 feet
Height	12 feet 6 inch	11 feet
Wheel track	15 feet 2 inch	13 feet 1 inch
Wing surface	412 sq feet	384 sq feet
Wing loading	25.6 pounds / sq feet	25.2 pounds / sq feet
Power-weight ratio	6.40 pound / hp	6.51 pound / hp
Action radius	810 naut.mile cruising at 14000 feet with 207 knots	783 naut.mile cruising at 11000 feet with 192 knots
Engines	Bristol Mercury VIII 9 cilinder radial displacement 1519 cubic inch 830 HP at 13500 feet	Pratt & Whitney Twin Wasp Jr SB 4-G 14 twin row radial displacement 1532 cubic inch 825 HP at sealevel 750 HP at 9500 feet

	MERCURY		WASP
aircraft version	2 persons	3 persons	2 persons
Empty weight	7340 pound	7375 pound	6945 pound
Usefull load	3240 pound	3210 pound	2755 pound
Total weight	10580 pound	10580 pound	9700 pound
Max weight	11020 pound	11020 pound	10580 pound

Maximum speed

Altitude	MERCURY	WASP
0 meter	215 knots	207 knots
1000 meter	225 knots	216 knots
2000 meter	235 knots	226 knots
4000 meter	255 knots	237 knots
6000 meter	244 knots	227 knots
7000 meter	235 knots	222 knots

Climb speed

hoogte / gewicht	9920 lb	12125 lb	9700 lb	10580 lb
	MERCURY		WASP
0 meter	2736 ft/min	2618 ft/min	2421 ft/min	2205 ft/min
1000 meter	2736 ft/min	2618 ft/min	2185 ft/min	1987 ft/min
2000 meter	2736 ft/min	2618 ft/min	2087 ft/min	1870 ft/min
4000 meter	2400 ft/min	2283 ft/min	1673 ft/min	1437 ft/min
6000 meter	1595 ft/min	1496 ft/min	1300 ft/min	1083 ft/min
7000 meter	1200 ft/min	1122 ft/min	906 ft/min	709 ft/min
9000 meter	433 ft/min	374 ft/min

Max altitude

MERCURY

WASP

9920 lb

absolute 33300 feet

practical 32500 feet

9700 lb

absolute 30500 feet

practical 29500 feet

11000 lb

absolute 32800 feet

practical 32000 feet

10580 lb

absolute 29200 feet

practical 28200 feet

created : 20 aug 2006

Fokker G1 Mercury

modified : 12 nov 2006