| Designed by Louis Coroller as an executive transport, the prototype Potez 56 made its first flight on 18 June 1934. Largely of wood construction, the Potez 56 was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with a wing section based on that of the Potez 53 racer, and with a single fin and rudder. It had exceptionally clean lines, the main landing gear units retracting backwards into the nacelles of the two Potez 9Ab radial engines. There was accommodation for a crew of two in an enclosed cockpit, with a cabin for six passengers. Early tests confirmed that the Potez 56 had good flight qualities and was remarkably stable.
Series production included at least three Potez 561 aircraft, with variable-pitch propellers to improve take-off, aerodynamically refined engine nacelles and revised cockpit windows.
Military versions followed, for use in the carrierborne liaison, general utility, target tug, and twin-engine pilot training roles. Total production of all versions, military and civil, was 72, the final examples being two Potez 568 P.3 aircraft, the last of a batch that was completed at the time of the June 1940 armistice with Germany.
MODEL | Potez 560 |
ENGINE | 2 x Potez 9Ab radial piston engines, 138kW |
WEIGHTS |
Take-off weight | 2980 kg | 6570 lb |
Loaded weight | 1910 kg | 4211 lb |
DIMENSIONS |
Wingspan | 16.0 m | 53 ft 6 in |
Length | 11.84 m | 39 ft 10 in |
Height | 4.6 m | 15 ft 1 in |
Wing area | 33.0 m2 | 355.21 sq ft |
PERFORMANCE |
Max. speed | 270 km/h | 168 mph |
Ceiling | 6000 m | 19700 ft |
Range | 650 km | 404 miles |
jean-pierre grobier, e-mail, 02.11.2011 13:22 Savez-vous si une maquette de cet avion existe? Et si oui qui la commercialise? Merci. reply | Pedro_Vial, e-mail, 14.12.2009 03:37 No tengo una foto, pero si te interesa, yo investigu� la evoluci�n del c�odigo aeron�utico chileno a trav�s de los archivos del congreso, todav�a me acuerdo de una sesi�n del congreso de los a�os 40 (los vol�menes "rojos") en la que se discute el reemplazo de una aeronave de transporte Potez que se estrell�, tendr�a que verla para saber si es el q tu cree, si lo es te env�o una copia Saludos desde Chile. reply | JT. Eduardo Q. Arndt, e-mail, 17.02.2007 23:11 My grandfather pilot military (Tte. 2o. Eduardo Arndt Brieva) dead in Chile in 1937(27 March)in Potez 560 No. 5 de Lan-Chile. I write you biography. I need history of the Potez 560 sales to Chile. Excuse my bad english. I am from Nicaragua, Centralamerica. Thank You reply | JTEduardo Quintana Arndt, e-mail, 10.03.2007 19:53 mi abuelo, piloto de guerra chileno, pilotaba el Potez560 registro No.5 de los 6 que fueron vendidos a Chile conel que se estrell� en Tacna Per� el 27 marzo 1937. Pueden enviarme m�s fotograf�as de este modelo 560. Estoy escribiendo la biograf�a de my grandfather. Gracias. reply |
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