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Blériot-SPAD S.29

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S.29
Role Sports aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer Blériot-SPAD
Designer André Herbemont
First flight January 1920[1]
Number built 5
Developed from SPAD XV

The Blériot-SPAD S.29 was a sport aircraft produced in 1919 by Blériot-SPAD.

Design and development

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The Blériot-SPAD S.29 was a two-seat single-bay biplane, with a slightly swept upper wing and a straight lower wing, with the wings connected by a single strut on each side. Ailerons were fitted to the lower wing only. The fuselage was a circular section wooden monocoque structure, with pilot and passenger seated in tandem in a single cockpit. It was powered by a 60 kilowatts (80 hp) Le Rhône 9C rotary engine driving a two-bladed propeller fitted with a large hemispherical spinner, mounted on ball-bearings so that it did not rotate with the propeller, possibly a precaution against the spinner disintegrating due to centrifugal force.[2]

Specifications

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Data from Flight[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.78 m (32 ft 1 in)
  • Height: 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
  • Empty weight: 848 kg (1,870 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2,770 kg (6,107 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9C 9-cyl. air-cooled rotary piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 166 km/h (103 mph, 90 kn)
  • Endurance: 3 hr

References

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  1. ^ "SPAD S-29". Aviafrance.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
  2. ^ Blériot SPADFlight 22 January 1920
  3. ^ Particulars of all the machines at the Paris Show Flight 1 January 1920
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