SNCASO Farfadet
Appearance
SO.1310 Farfadet | |
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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
- 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.
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External links
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- Flight, 12 March 1954
- "French Air Oddities" Popular Mechanics, December 1953, p. 115.