SNCASO Farfadet
| SO.1310 Farfadet | |
|---|---|
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| SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet at 1953 Paris Air Show | |
| Role | Experimental convertiplane |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | SNCASO |
| First flight | 8 May 1953 |
The SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet was an experimental French convertiplane of the 1950s.
Design and development[edit]
The SO.1310 was a compound gyroplane featuring a tip-jet driven, three-bladed rotor, a fixed wing and a turboprop engine driving a nose-mounted propeller. First flown on 8 May 1953 the aircraft achieved transition to forward flight on 1 July of that year.[1]
Specifications (SO.1310)[edit]
Data from Taylor
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 3 passengers, 2 stretchers or freight
- Wingspan: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
- Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca Arrius II gas-generator, providing compressed air to the rotor tips[2] , 270 kW (360 hp)
- Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca Artouste turboprop, driving propeller , 270 kW (360 hp)
- Main rotor diameter: 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
- Range: 400 km (250 mi, 220 nmi)
See also[edit]
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
Notes[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Taylor, John W.R. Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft, London, Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, 1976. ISBN 0-356-08409-4.
- "Aircraft Intelligence". Flight. Vol. LXIII, no. 2309. 24 April 1953. p. 513.
External links[edit]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet.
- Flight, 12 March 1954
- "French Air Oddities" Popular Mechanics, December 1953, p. 115.