Stinson Detroiter

what is it?

The Stinson SM-1 Detroiter was a six-seat high-wing monoplane cabin airliner for passengers or freight designed and built by the Stinson Aircraft Company, later the Stinson Aircraft Corporation. It was based on Stinson's earlier SB-1 biplane.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 14.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 212 km/htop speed
• range 1,094 kmwithout refuelling
• seats 5passengers
• size 1,950 kgmax take-off weight
• built 100made in total

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

fun facts

• 🎂First flew 100 years ago, in 1926.
• 🏎️Top speed is 1.6× a car on the Dutch motorway (130 km/h).
• 🚗Wingspan of 14.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
• 🌍Range of 1,094 km: 6× Amsterdam to Brussels.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1926-01-25

number built

100

role

utility monoplane

origin

🇺🇸 United States

makers

Stinson

engines

1× Wright J-6-9

crew

1

passengers

5

length

10 m

wingspan

14.2 m

height

2.7 m

max take-off weight

1,950 kg

top speed

212 km/h

cruise speed

182 km/h

range

1,094 km

ceiling

4,877 m

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.