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Dewoitine D.560

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Top speed
  
345 km/h

Length
  
8.48 m

Wingspan
  
13 m

Manufacturer
  
Dewoitine

The Dewoitine D.560 was a prototype French single-seat fighter developed by Dewoitine as an alternate to the Dewoitine D.500. The design failed to better the performance and only one aircraft was built.

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Development

To provide an alternate design in the competition to supply the French Air Force with a successor to the Nieuport 62. Rather than the low-wing monoplane design of the D.500 the D.560 had a shoulder-mounted gull wing. During test flying the D.560 was found to be slower than the D.500 and had stability problems. The aircraft was rebuilt with a parasol wing and redesignated the D.570. Performance was even worse than the gull wing design, and following a crash of the prototype development was abandoned.

Variants

D.560 Prototype gull wing fighter, one built. D.570 The D.560 rebuilt with a parasol wing.

Specifications (D.560)

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General characteristics

  • Crew: one
  • Length: 8.48 m (27 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.73 m (40 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 3.43 m (11 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area: 17.30 m2 (186.22 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 1270 kg (2800 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1698 kg (3743 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs inline piston engine, 515 kW (690 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 345 km/h (214 mph)
  • Service ceiling: 10300 m (33790 ft)

    • References

    Dewoitine D.560 Wikipedia
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