SCAN 20
The SCAN 20 was a 1940s French flying-boat training monoplane designed and built by Société de Constructions Aéro-Navales de Port-Neuf (SCAN). The prototype was built in secret in 1941. It was hidden until the liberation of France and first flown in 1945.
| SCAN 20 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Flying-boat trainer |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | SCAN |
| First flight | 1945 |
| Introduction | 1951 |
| Primary user | French Navy |
| Number built | 24 |
Design and development
The SCAN 20 was designed to meet a French Air Ministry requirement for a small flying-boat trainer. The SCAN 20 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane flying-boat with strut-mounted floats under each wing. It had twin fin with rudders on a raised tailplane and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating for two. Built in secret during 1941 it was not flown until after the liberation of France in October 1945. The prototype had a single 425 hp (317 kW) Béarn 6D inline engine strut-mounted above the wing. An order for 30 aircraft with a more powerful engine was placed for the French Navy but only 23 were delivered.
Specifications
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 2 pax
- Length: 11.79 m (38 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 15 m (49 ft 3 in)
- Height: 3.62 m (11 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 32 m2 (340 sq ft)
- Max takeoff weight: 2,500 kg (5,512 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Béarn 6D 6-cyl in-line air-cooled piston engine, 242 kW (325 hp) :::or
- 1x Potez 8D V-8
- or
- 1x Salmson 8 As.00 V-8
- 1x Potez 8D V-8
- Propellers: 3-bladed Ratier variable-pitch pusher propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
- Cruise speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn) *Alighting speed: 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn)}
- Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
- Wing loading: 78.1 kg/m2 (16.0 lb/sq ft)
References
- Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 131c.
- Orbis 1985, p 2839
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.