Savoia-Marchetti S.71

1930


TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT	Virtual Aircraft Museum / Italy / Savoia-Marchetti

Eight-passenger commercial monoplane of 1930 powered by three 179kW Walter Castor, 253kW Walter Pollux II, or 276kW Piaggio Stella VII engines. Several were produced.

Specification

WEIGHTS
Take-off weight	4600 kg	10141 lb
Loaded weight	2900 kg	6393 lb
DIMENSIONS
Wingspan	21.2 m	70 ft 7 in
Length	14 m	46 ft 11 in
Height	4.1 m	13 ft 5 in
Wing area	60 m²	645.83 sq ft
PERFORMANCE
Max. speed	235 km/h	146 mph
Ceiling	6000 m	19700 ft
Range	1600 km	994 miles

Comments

stephen winkler, e-mail, 10.04.2007 01:21

The Savoia-Marchetti S.71 was the Italian entry into the tri-motor competition. Unlike the German entry, the Rohrbach Ro. VIII Roland, this aircraft used the radial, air-cooled engines, nine cylinders. Incidentally, the Russian entry, the Tupolev ANT-9, also used the radials.

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