Engineering:Ponche et Primard Tubavion
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Short description: 1910s French aircraft
| Ponche et Primard Tubavion | |
|---|---|
| Role | Experimental aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Charles Ponche and Maurice Primard |
| First flight | March 1912 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Ponche et Primard Tubavion was a French experimental monoplane aircraft built in the early 1910s.
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.50 m (27 ft 11 in) (Opdycke 9.5 m (31 ft))
- Wingspan: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in) (Opdycke 9.7 m (32 ft))
- Wing area: 20.00 m2 (215.3 sq ft) (Opdycke 18 m2 (190 sq ft))
- Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb) (Opdycke 320 kg (710 lb))
- Powerplant: 1 × Labor 4-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 52 kW (70 hp) at 800 rpm
- (also fitted with a 70 hp (52 kW) Gnome 7 Gamma rotary engine)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller
Performance
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