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Blanchard BB 1

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Top speed
  
240 km/h

Length
  
9.71 m

Wingspan
  
12 m

Manufacturer
  
Société des Avions Blanchard

The Blanchard BB-1 was a 1920s French racing flying-boat designed and built by Société des Avions Blanchard to compete in Schneider Trophy.

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Design and development

The BB-1 was a single-seat parasol-wing monoplane flying-boat powered by a 380 hp (283 kW) Gnome-Rhône Jupiter radial piston engine. The BB-1 was tested in 1924 but the performance was poor and the aircraft was not developed further and was scrapped.

Specifications

Data from Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 9.71 m (31 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.20 m (40 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 21.00 m2 (226.0 sq ft)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,280 kg (2,822 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-Rhône Jupiter radial piston engine, 280 kW (380 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 240 km/h (149 mph; 130 kn)Climb to 2000m in 7 minutes

    • References

    Blanchard BB-1 Wikipedia
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