7GCBC Specifications

General characteristics

• Crew: one pilot
• Capacity: one passenger
• Length: 22 ft 9 in
• Wingspan: 33 ft 5 in
• Height: 6 ft 9 in
• Wing area: 165 ft²
• Airfoil: NACA 4412
• Empty weight: 1,110 lb
• Loaded weight: 1,650 lb
• Useful load: 540 lb
• Max takeoff weight: 1,650 lb
• Powerplant: Lycoming O-320-A2B, 150 hp
• Aspect ratio: 6.8

Performance

• Never exceed speed: 162 mph
• Cruise speed: 126 mph
• Stall speed: 51 mph
• Range: 500 miles
• Service ceiling: 12,000 ft
• Rate of climb: 1,120 ft/min
• Wing loading: 10 lb/ft²
• Power/mass: 11 lb/hp

Description

Bellanca Citabria 7GCBC

$145.00/hr

The Citabria is a light single-engine, two-seat, fixed conventional gear airplane which entered production in the United States in 1964. Designed for flight training, utility, and personal use, it is capable of sustaining aerobatic stresses from +5g to -2g. Its name, "airbatic" spelled backward, reflects this.

Champion introduced the 7GCBC in 1965. It was substantially similar to the 7GCAA of the same year, with a Lycoming O-320-A2B engine of 150 horsepower, wood-spar wings, and spring steel main gear legs. The major differences between these two models are that the 7GCBC has a wingspan of 34.5 feet, 1-foot longer than the 7ECA and 7GCAA, and carries wing flaps. Bellanca continued production of the 7GCBC, calling it the Citabria "C" Package (a designation apparently begun by Champion). American Champion's 7GCBC, reintroduced in 1994 as the Citabria "Explorer," is similar to earlier versions, with the exception of the metal-spar wings and the use of the Lycoming O-320-B2B of 160 horsepower; the most recent significant design change has been the switch to aluminum main gear legs in 2004. A "High Country Explorer" version, with a Superior Vantage O-360-A3A2 engine of 180 horsepower and larger wheels, is also produced by American Champion.