Couzinet 40
| 40 | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | Long-range commercial monoplane |
| Manufacturer | Société des Avions René Couzinet |
| Primary user | Aéropostale |
| History | |
| Manufactured | 1 |
| First flight | 4 June 1932 |
The Couzinet 40 was a mailplane built in France in the early 1930s.
Design
[edit]The Couzinet 40 was a five-seat low-wing monoplane of all-wood construction.[1]
Specifications
[edit]Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 5
- Length: 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 28 m (91 ft 10 in)
- Height: 4.36 m (14 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 92.45 m2 (995.1 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 4,140 kg (9,127 lb)
- Gross weight: 6,456 kg (14,233 lb)
- Powerplant: 3 × Gnome & Rhône 7Kd 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 260 kW (350 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Parmentier, Bruno. "Couzinet 40". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 7 March 2019.