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SNCASO Farfadet

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Wingspan
  
6.3 m

Manufacturer
  
SNCASO

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The SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet was an experimental French convertiplane of the 1950s.

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Design and development

The SO.1310 was a gyrodyne type aircraft 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.

Specifications (SO.1310)

Data from Taylor

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 3 passengers, 2 stretchers or freight
  • Wingspan: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
  • Main rotor diameter: 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca Arrius gas-generator, providing compressed air to the rotor tips, 270 kW (360 hp)

    • Performance

  • Cruising speed: 240 km/h (150 mph)

    • References

    SNCASO Farfadet Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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