| Klaatu83, e-mail, 22.07.2014 23:48 This was a large, twin-engine, 6-place torpedo bomber /reconnaissance float-plane designed for the French Navy. A prototype was completed and flown during 1939, but by then the French Navy had decided to use land-planes in this role, and therefore had no further requirement for aircraft of this sort. It is said to have been capable of a top speed of 267 mph. However, considering the large floats, the inverted gull wings and the engines mounted above the wings on struts, it seems difficult to believe it ever could have achieved such a high speed. reply |
| laurent penin, e-mail, 14.03.2010 14:58 only one prototype built of that torpedo / reconnaissance seaplane that first flew in july the 21 , 1939 . sunk in june 1940 in the biscarosse lake to avoid falling in german hands .specifications :
wingspan : 27.00m
length : 18.00 m
height :6.70 m
empty weight : 9970 kg
loaded weight : 16000kg
crew : 7
engines : 2 gnome et rhone GR 14R0 /1 , 1300hp
armament : 2 Darne machine guns 7.5 mm
1 20 mm
2 torpedoes / bombs
speed : 338 km /h at sea level
410 km /h at 6000 m
max ceiling : 7500 m
range : 1625 km reply |
