SNCASO Farfadet

The SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet was an experimental French convertiplane of the 1950s.

SO.1310 Farfadet
Role Experimental convertiplane
National origin France
Manufacturer SNCASO
First flight 8 May 1953

Design and development

The SO.1310 was a gyrodyne type aircraft featuring a tip-jet driven, three-bladed rotor, a fixed wing and a turboprop engine driving a nose-mounted propeller. First flown on 8 May 1953 the aircraft achieved transition to forward flight on 1 July of that year.[1]

Specifications (SO.1310)

Data from Taylor

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 3 passengers, 2 stretchers or freight
  • Wingspan: 6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca Arrius gas-generator, providing compressed air to the rotor tips[2] , 270 kW (360 hp)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Turbomeca Artouste turboprop, driving propeller , 270 kW (360 hp)
  • Main rotor diameter: 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
  • Range: 400 km (250 mi, 220 nmi)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References
Notes
  1. Taylor 1976, p.229.
  2. Flight 1953
Bibliography
  • Taylor, John W.R. Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft, London, Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, 1976. ISBN 0-356-08409-4.
  • "Aircraft Intelligence". Flight. Vol. LXIII no. 2309. 24 April 1953. p. 513.
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