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SCAN 20

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Top speed
  
220 km/h

Length
  
12 m

Wingspan
  
15 m

The SCAN 20 was a 1940s French flying-boat training monoplane designed and built by Société de Constructions Aéro-Navales de Port-Neuf (SCAN). The prototype was built in secret in 1941 it was hidden until the liberation of France and first flown in 1945.

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Development

The SCAN 20 was designed to meet a French Air Ministry requirement for a small flying-boat trainer. The SCAN 20 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane flying-boat with strut-mounted floats under each wing. It had twin fin with rudders on a raised tailplane and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating for two. Built in secret during 1941 it was not flown until after the liberation of France in October 1945. The prototype had a single 425 hp (317 kW) Béarn 6-D inline engine strut-mounted above the wing. An order for 30 aircraft with a more powerful engine was placed for the French Navy but only 23 were delivered.

Operators

 France
  • French Navy

    • Specifications

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    General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 11.95 m (39 ft 2½ in)
  • Wingspan: 15 m (49 ft 2½ in)
  • Height: 3.62 m (11 ft 10½ in)
  • Wing area: 32 m2 (344.46 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 1805 kg (3979 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2500 kg (5512 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 8.AS.00 inverted-Vee piston engine, 208 kW (280 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph)
  • Range: 600 km (373 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 5500 m (18,045 ft)

    • References

    SCAN 20 Wikipedia
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