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S.70
Role Light transport aircraftType of aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer SIPA
First flight 1949
Number built 1

The SIPA S.70 was a late 1940s French eight-passenger light transport aircraft prototype built by Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique (SIPA).

Design and development

The design for a commercial light transport for inter-city routes was started in 1947, the S.70 was a wooden, twin-engined, low-wing cantilever, cabin monoplane with a twin tail. Powered by two 210 hp (157 kW) Mathis G.8R piston engines it had room for six to eight passengers with a pilot sat centrally at the front. The prototype, registered F-WZCI, was flown in 1949 but very little else is known and it did not enter production.

Specification

Data from French postwar transport aircraft, Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947.

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 6-8 passengers
  • Length: 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 13.8 m (45 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 24.59 m (264.7 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,294 kg (2,853 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2,428 kg (5,353 lb) with 8 passengers
  • Powerplant: 2 × Mathis G.8R inverted air-cooled V-8 piston engines, 160 kW (210 hp) each
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Legére variable-pitch airscrews

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 270 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn) 70% power
  • Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
  • Wing loading: 99 kg/m (20 lb/sq ft) with 8 passengers
  • Fuel consumption: 0.238 kg/km (0.84 lb/mi)
  • Power/mass: 9.18 kg/kW (15.1 lb/hp)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. ^ Chillon, J.; Dubois, J-P.; Wegg, J. (1980). French postwar transport aircraft. Tonbridge: Air-Britain. p. 152. ISBN 0-8513-0078-2.
  2. ^ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 134c.

Bibliography

  • Chillon, Jacques; Dubois, Jean-Pierre & Wegg, John (1980). French Post-War Transport Aircraft. Tonbridge, UK: Air-Britain. ISBN 0-85130-078-2.
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