Ponche et Primard Tubavion

Ponche et Primard Tubavion
General information
TypeExperimental aircraft
National originFrance
ManufacturerCharles Ponche and Maurice Primard
Number built1
History
First flightMarch 1912

The Ponche et Primard Tubavion was a French experimental monoplane aircraft built in the early 1910s.

Specifications

Data from Aviafrance : Ponche et Primard Tubavion,[1] French Aeroplanes before the Great War[2]

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

References

  1. ^ "Ponche et Primard Tubavion". Aviafrance.com. 2000-12-30. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
  2. ^ Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. pp. 207–208. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.