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Measured figures
DH.84 Dragon 1 · Length
Single source34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | De Havilland Dragon | Morane-Saulnier MS.230 |
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| Type | Passenger and military transport / trainer[source] | Elementary Trainer[source] |
| Manufacturer | de Havilland[source] | Morane-Saulnier[source] |
| Number built | 202[source] | 1000+[source] |
| Introduction date | April 1933[source] |
6.942 m (22 ft 9 in)[source]
DH.84 Dragon 1 · 2 × de Havilland Gipsy Major I 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine each
Single source2 × de Havilland Gipsy Major I 4-cylinder air-cooled inverted in-line piston engine, 130 hp (97 kW) each[source]
1 × Salmson 9AB 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Single source1 × Salmson 9AB 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp)[source]
DH.84 Dragon 1 · 612 ft/min (
Single source612 ft/min (3.11 m/s)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| First flight | 12 November 1932[source] | February 1929[source] |
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| Capacity | 6–10 passengers[source] | — |
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| Airfoil | RAF 15[source] | — |
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| Propellers | 2-bladed fixed-pitch propellers[source] | 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller[source] |
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| Primary user | — | Armée de l'Air Flight School, Reims, France[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 220 L (58 US gal; 48 imp gal) jettison-able fuselage tank with a 22 L (5.8 US gal; 4.8 imp gal) centre-section gravity tank[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | — | 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)[source] |
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| Time to altitude | — | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 11 minutes 18 seconds[source] |
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| Wing loading | — | 61.3 kg/m 2 (12.6 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Power/mass | — | 0.1429 kW/kg (0.0869 hp/lb)[source] |
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