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SPCA 80
Role Transport monoplaneType of aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer SPCA
First flight 30 March 1932
Number built 2

The SPCA 80 was a French transport monoplane designed by Société Provençale de Constructions Aéronautiques (SPCA) to meet a French government requirement for a single-engined colonial transport, specifically for police duties.

Design

The SPCA 80 was a single-engined high-wing cantilever monoplane with a fixed tailskid landing gear. It had a cockpit for a crew of two and a cabin for four passengers. It was powered by a nose-mounted Gnome-Rhône 7Kb radial engine. Only a single example was built, registration F-AKFH.

The SPCA 80 was followed by a single example of a version powered by a Lorraine 9Na engine, designated the SPCA 81, which first flew on 25 April the same year. The SPCA 81 was later fitted with a Renault 9Ca engine, at which point it was designated the SPCA 82.

Variants

Specifications

Data from Orbis

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2 (pilot, co-pilot)
  • Capacity: 4 (passengers)
  • Length: 11 m (36 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 15 m (49 ft 2.5 in)
  • Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
  • Wing area: 31.50 m (339.07 sq ft)
  • Gross weight: 2,030 kg (4,475 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-Rhône 7Kb radial piston engine , 224 kW (300 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph, 119 kn)
  • Range: 700 km (435 mi, 378 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 6,200 m (20,340 ft)

References

Notes

  1. ^ Parmentier 1998
  2. Orbis 1982, page 2860

Bibliography

  • Liron, Jean (October 1989). "Les SPCA: Le SPCA VIII type 80". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 239. pp. 22–27.
  • Parmentier, Bruno (1998). "S.P.C.A. 80". Aviafrance. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
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