SABCA S.2
The SABCA S.2 was an airliner built in Belgium in 1926.[1]
| S.2 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Airliner | 
| National origin | Belgium | 
| Manufacturer | SABCA | 
| First flight | 1926 | 
| Introduction | 1926 | 
| Primary user | SABENA | 
| Number built | 1 | 
Design and development
    
The S.2 was a conventional, high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailskid undercarriage. The flight deck was open, but the passenger cabin was fully enclosed.[2] Power was provided by a single engine in the nose, driving a two-blade propeller, and whose exhaust was collected in a single stack that extended up over the wing. Metal was construction throughout, with corrugated skin. Only a single example was built, which served with SABENA.[1]
Specifications
    
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928.[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
 - Capacity: 4 pax
 - Length: 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in)
 - Wingspan: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
 - Height: 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
 - Wing area: 39 m2 (420 sq ft)
 - Empty weight: 1,230 kg (2,712 lb)
 - Gross weight: 2,000 kg (4,409 lb)
 - Powerplant: 1 × Siddeley Puma 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)
 - Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller
 
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn) 
 - Landing speed: 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn)
 - Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
 - Wing loading: 51.5 kg/m2 (10.5 lb/sq ft)
 - Power/mass: 13.598 kg/kW (17.6 lb/hp)
 
Notes
    
- Taylor 1989, p.787
 - The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2837
 - Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 4c.
 
References
    
Wikimedia Commons has media related to SABCA S.2.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
 - Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
 
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