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1910s French aircraft
Ponche et Primard Tubavion
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Role
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Experimental aircraft Type of aircraft
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National origin
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France
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Manufacturer
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Charles Ponche and Maurice Primard
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First flight
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March 1912
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Number built
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1
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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
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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