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Measured figures
T-41C · Length
Single source26 ft 11 in (8.20 m)[source]
CJ-6A · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Cessna T-41 Mescalero | Nanchang CJ-6 |
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| Type | Primary pilot trainer[source] | Basic Trainer[source] |
| National origin | United States[source] | China[source] |
| Manufacturer | Cessna[source] | Nanchang Aircraft Factory (Hongdu)[source] |
| Status | In service[source] | In service |
8.46 m (27 ft 9 in)[source]
T-41C · 1 × Continental IO-360-D Six-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine
Single source1 × Continental IO-360-D Six-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 210 hp (160 kW)[source]
CJ-6A · 1 × Zhouzhou (SMPMC) HS-6A radial engine
Single source1 × Zhouzhou (SMPMC) HS-6A radial engine , 213 kW (286 hp)[source]
T-41C · Wing area
Single source159 sq ft (14.8 m 2 )[source]
T-41C · 880 ft/min (
Single source880 ft/min (4.5 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Primary users | United States Air Force United States Army Indonesian Air Force Turkish Air Force[source] | People's Liberation Army Air Force Korean People's Army Air Force Bangladesh Air Force Sudanese Air Force[source] |
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| Number built | T-41A : 230 T-41B : 255 T-41C : 52 T-41D : 299[source] | 2,000+[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1964–1996[source] | 1958-present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1964[source] | 1960[source] |
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| Developed from | Cessna 172 Cessna R172[source] | — |
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| Capacity | three passengers[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller[source] | 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller[source] |
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| Alternative designation | T-41 Mescalero[source] | — |
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| First flight | — | August 27, 1958[source] |
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| Guns | — | 2 x 7.62 mm machine guns[source] |
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| Hardpoints | — | Weapons stations and hardpoints under the wings , with provisions to carry combinations of: Rockets: Rocket launchers Bombs: Bombs[source] |
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| Airfoil | — | root: Clark YH (14.5%); tip: Clark YH (9.3%)[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | — | 370 km/h (230 mph, 200 kn)[source] |
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| Rockets | — | Rocket launchers[source] |
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| Bombs | — | Bombs[source] |
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