Loire 60
The Loire 60 was a 1930s French prototype for a long-range maritime reconnaissance flying boat produced by Loire Aviation.
| Loire 60 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Wind tunnel model of the Loire 60 | |
| Role | Long-range maritime reconnaissance flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Loire |
| First flight | 1932 |
| Primary user | French Navy |
| Number built | 1 |
It was a trimotor training seaplane for reconnaissance, derived from the Loire 50. A single prototype was built and tested, but it never entered production.
Specifications
Loire 60 3-view drawing from Annuaire de L'Aéronautique 1931
General characteristics
- Crew: Eight
- Length: 10.80 m (35 ft 5 in)
- Wingspan: 19.70 m (64 ft 8 in)
- Height: 3.30 m (10 ft 10 in)
- Gross weight: 2,032 kg (4,480 lb)
- Powerplant: 3 × Renault 4 Ph , 71 kW (95 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
- Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
gollark: Exciting news: minoteaur development.
gollark: I'm getting many CPU usage warnings on IRC.
gollark: It's compiling.
gollark: You can happily cast basically anything to anything, often with no complaints, and most things have to be ints or void pointers because there are no generics (I do not count the "generics" which are just type-level switches).
gollark: <@332271551481118732> Produce dependently typed C.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.