SIPA S.70

The SIPA S.70 was a late 1940s French eight-passenger light transport aircraft prototype built by Société Industrielle Pour l’Aéronautique (SIPA).[1]

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

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.[1] 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.[2] The prototype, registered F-WZCI, was flown in 1949 but very little else is known and it did not enter production.[1]

Specification

Data from French postwar transport aircraft,[1] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947.[2]

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 m2 (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/m2 (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
Notes
  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.
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