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SNCASO Farfadet

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SO.1310 Farfadet
Role Experimental convertiplane
National origin France
Manufacturer SNCASO
First flight 8 May Template:Avyear

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

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.[1]

Specifications (SO.1310)

Data from Taylor

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 3 passengers, 2 stretchers or freight

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

Notes
  1. ^ Taylor 1976, p.229.
  2. ^ Flight 1953
Bibliography
  • Taylor, John W.R. Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft, London, Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, 1976. ISBN 0-356-08409-4.
  • "Aircraft Intelligence". Flight. Vol. LXIII, no. 2309. 24 April 1953. p. 513. {{cite magazine}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)