SCAN 20
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| SCAN 20 | |
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| Type | Flying-boat trainer |
| Manufacturer | SCAN |
| Maiden flight | 1945 |
| Introduced | 1951 |
| Primary user | French Navy |
| Number built | 24 |
The SCAN 20 was a 1940s French flying-boat training monoplane designed and built by Société de Constructions Aéro-Navales de Port-Neuf (SCAN). The prototype was built in secret in 1941 it was hidden until the liberation of France and first flown in 1945.
[edit] Development
The SCAN 20 was designed to meet a French Air Ministry requirement for a small flying-boat trainer. The SCAN 20 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane flying-boat with strut-mounted floats under each wing. It had twin fin with rudders on a raised tailplane and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating for two. Built in secret during 1941 it was not flown until after the liberation of France in October 1945. The protoype had a single Béarn 6-D inline engine strut-mounted above the wing An order for 30 aircraft with a more powerful engine was placed for the French Navy but only 23 were delivered.
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 11.95 m (39 ft 2½ in)
- Wingspan: 15 m (49 ft 2½ in)
- Height: 3.62 m (11 ft 10½ in)
- Wing area: 32 m² (344.46 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1805 kg (3979 lb)
- Gross weight: 2500 kg (5512 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 8.AS.00 inverted-Vee piston engine, 208 kW (280 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph)
- Range: 600 km (373 miles)
- Service ceiling: 5500 m (18,045 ft)
[edit] See also
Related lists
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.
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