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  • Waco GXE

Comparison

AttributeWaco GXE
What it is
Seats3
Landing geartaildragger
Engines1
EngineCurtiss OX-5
Horsepower90 hp
Fuel100LL
Certification basisCAR3
Production start1927
Production end1930
Endorsements requiredtailwheel
Performance
Cruise (75 % power)73 KTAS
Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve)335 nm
Service ceiling12,000 ft
Climb rate520 ft/min
Stall speed (Vso)32 KCAS
Takeoff over 50 ft—
Landing over 50 ft—
Load and fuel
Seats3
Useful load825 lb
Full-fuel payload—
Max takeoff weight2,025 lb
Empty weight1,200 lb
Usable fuel—
Fuel burn at cruise—
Cost of ownership
Price, low—
Price, high—
Prices as of—
Engine TBO—
Overhaul cost, low—
Overhaul cost, high—
The fleet and its record
Registered, all time401
Active fleet33
Median year built1928
NTSB events, last 10 years1
Fatal events, last 10 years0
Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years130.3 · thin base (low)
Personal-flying events per 1,000 active230.3 · thin base (low)
Ownership transfers, last 24 months6
Transfers per 100 active318.18 · thin base (low)
Airworthiness directives0
Directives, last 5 years0
Rate confidencelow
Peer scores
Peer classFixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 3-4 seats
Accident record4—
Severity5—
Access60.2 of 10
Support71.5 of 10
Liquidity83.3 of 10
Overall (sum of the categories shown)9Partial: 5 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
  1. Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 33 active.
  2. Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 33 active.
  3. Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 33 active.
  4. Accident record: class median 33.21 · 223 models in class.
  5. Severity: class median 12.5.
  6. Access: class median 796.
  7. Support: class median 131.
  8. Liquidity: class median 19.89.
  9. Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
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