title: Comte AC-4
text: # Comte AC-4
  
  The Comte AC-4 Gentleman was a 1920s Swiss two-seat sport/training aircraft produced by Flugzeugbau A. Comte.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  In 1927 the Swiss company Flugzeugbau A. Comte designed and built a prototype two-seat cabin monoplane designated the AC-4 Gentleman. It was a braced high-wing monoplane with fixed tailwheel landing gear. It had staggered seats for two with an option for dual controls.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### AC-4
  
      Production version with a 115 hp (86 kW) Cirrus Hermes inline piston engine.
  
  ### AC-4B
  
      Second production batch with 140 hp (104 kW) Armstrong Siddeley Genet Major or 110 hp (82 kW) Cirrus Hermes, five built.
  
  ## Operators
  
  ### Switzerland
  
  * Swiss Air Force
  
  ## Specifications (AC-4)
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: Two
  * Length: 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)
  * Wingspan: 39 ft 9.5 in (12.13 m)
  * Height: 9 ft 6 in (2.90 m)
  * Wing area: 215.29 sq ft (20 $m^2)$
  * Empty weight: 1,102 lb (500 kg)
  * Gross weight: 1,764 lb (800 kg)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Cirrus Hermes inline piston , 115 hp (86 kW)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 109 mph (175 km/h, 95 kn)
  * Cruise speed: 87 mph (140 km/h, 76 kn)
  * Range: 435 mi (700 km, 378 nmi)
  * Service ceiling: 13,125 ft (4,000 m)
  