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Boisavia Anjou

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Top speed
  
260 km/h

Length
  
7.1 m

Wingspan
  
13 m

First flight
  
June 2, 1956

Manufacturers
  
Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique, Société Boisavia

The Boisavia B.260 Anjou (later developed by SIPA as the Sipavia Anjou) was a four-seat twin-engine light aircraft developed in France in the 1950s. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration with retractable tricycle undercarriage. Intended by Boisavia as a touring aircraft, it did not find a market and only the single prototype was constructed. At this point, the firm sold the design to SIPA, which modified the design and re-engined it with Lycoming O-360 engines, but found that they could not sell it either. At a time when the twin-engine light plane market was already dominated by all-metal American aircraft, the Anjou's fabric-over-tube construction was something of an anachronism, and all development was soon ceased. Plans to develop a stretched version with three extra seats and Potez 4D engines were also abandoned.

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Variants

  • B.260 - Boisavia prototype with Regnier 4L engines (1 built)
  • S.261 - SIPA conversion with Lycoming O-360 engines (1 converted)
  • S.262 - Planned seven-seat version (not built)

    • Specifications (B.260)

    General characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Capacity: 3 passengers
  • Length: 7.10 m (23 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.85 m (42 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 21.5 m2 (231 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 992 kg (2,187 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,870 kg (4,123 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × SNECMA licence-built Regnier 4L-02, 127 kW (170 hp) each each

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph)
  • Range: 1,250 km (780 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 7,125 m (23,370 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 6.0 m/s (1,180 ft/min)

    • References

    Boisavia Anjou Wikipedia
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