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T-41C · Length
Single source26 ft 11 in (8.20 m)[source]
PA-44-180 Seminole · Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Cessna T-41 Mescalero | Piper PA-44 Seminole |
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| Type | Primary pilot trainer[source] | Training and personal aircraft[source] |
| National origin | United States[source] | United States[source] |
| Manufacturer | Cessna[source] | Piper Aircraft[source] |
| Status | In service[source] | — |
27 ft 7 + 1 ⁄ 4 in (8.41 m)[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]
PA-44-180 Seminole · 2 × Lycoming O-360 -E1A6 air-cooled flat four (counter rotating) each
Single source2 × Lycoming O-360 -E1A6 air-cooled flat four (counter rotating), 180 hp (130 kW) each[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] | — |
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| Number built | T-41A : 230 T-41B : 255 T-41C : 52 T-41D : 299[source] | 926 (until 2019)[source] |
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| Manufactured | 1964–1996[source] | 1979–present[source] |
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| Introduction date | 1964[source] | — |
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| Developed from | Cessna 172 Cessna R172[source] | Piper Cherokee[source] |
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| Capacity | three passengers[source] | 3 passengers[source] |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed variable-pitch propeller[source] | 2-bladed Hartzell fully-feathering metal constant-speed propellers , 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) diameter[source] |
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| Alternative designation | T-41 Mescalero[source] | — |
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| First flight | — | 1976[source] |
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| Airfoil | — | NACA 65 2 -415[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 110 US gal (92 imp gal; 420 L), of which 2 US gal (1.7 imp gal; 7.6 L) are unusable[source] |
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| Stall speed | — | 68 mph (109 km/h, 59 kn) (flaps down) CAS[source] |
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| Single Engine Service Ceiling | — | 4,100 ft (1,200 m)[source] |
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| Take-off to 50 ft (15 m) | — | 1,400 ft (430 m)[source] |
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| Landing from 50 ft (15 m) | — | 1,190 ft (360 m)[source] |
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