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SIPA S.70
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| S.70 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Light transport aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | SIPA |
| Number built | 1 |
| History | |
| First flight | 1949 |
The SIPA S.70 was a late 1940s French eight-passenger light transport aircraft prototype built by Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique (SIPA).[1]
Design and development
[edit]The design for a commercial light transport for inter-city routes was started in 1947, the S.70 was a wooden, twin-engined, low-wing cantilever, cabin monoplane with a twin tail.[1] Powered by two 210 hp (157 kW) Mathis G.8R piston engines it had room for six to eight passengers with a pilot sat centrally at the front.[2] The prototype, registered F-WZCI, was flown in 1949 but very little else is known and it did not enter production.[1]
Specification
[edit]Data from French postwar transport aircraft,[1] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947.[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 6-8 passengers
- Length: 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
- Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 24.59 m2 (264.7 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,294 kg (2,853 lb)
- Gross weight: 2,428 kg (5,353 lb) with 8 passengers
- Powerplant: 2 × Mathis G.8R inverted air-cooled V-8 piston engines, 160 kW (210 hp) each
- Propellers: 2-bladed Legére variable-pitch airscrews
Performance
- Maximum speed: 270 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
- Cruise speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn) 70% power
- Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
- Wing loading: 99 kg/m2 (20 lb/sq ft) with 8 passengers
- Fuel consumption: 0.238 kg/km (0.84 lb/mi)
- Power/mass: 9.18 kg/kW (15.1 lb/hp)
See also
[edit]Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
References
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Bibliography
[edit]- Chillon, Jacques; Dubois, Jean-Pierre & Wegg, John (1980). French Post-War Transport Aircraft. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-078-2.