Project Description

MPH
146
WEAPONS
0
SEATS
10
Stinson Tri-Motor Model B
Role: Transport
National Origin: United States
Manufacturer: Stinson Aircraft Company
First Flight: 1934
Primary User: American Airlines
Number Built: 31
The Stinson SM-6000 Airliner was a 1930s three-engined (trimotor) ten-passenger airliner designed and built by the Stinson Aircraft Corporation. The SM-6000 was a high-wing braced monoplane with room for a pilot and a cabin for ten passengers. It was powered by three 215 hp (160 kW) Lycoming R-680 engines strut-mounted one each side above the main landing gear units and one in the nose. A number of variants were built mainly with improved interiors. In 1932 the Model U Airliner was produced which had low-set stub wings with an engine mounted at each wingtip.
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 (pilot, co-pilot)
- Capacity: 10 passengers
- Length: 42 ft 0 in (12.8 m)
- Wingspan: 60 ft 0 in (18.29 m)
- Height: 12 ft 0 in (3.66 m)
- Wing area: 490 sq ft (45.6 m²)
- Empty weight: 5,670 lb (2,620 kg)
- Powerplant: 3 × Lycoming R-680, 215 hp (160 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 146 mph (234 km)
- Cruise speed: 125 mph (200 km/h)
- Range: 390 mi (628 km)
- Service ceiling: 14,200 ft (4,330 m)
- Rate of climb: 1,000 ft/min (5.1 m/s)