Kellner-Béchereau E.60
| Kellner-Béchereau E.60 | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Prototype training aircraft |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Avions Kellner-Béchereau, Boulogne-Billancourt |
| Designer | Louis Béchereau |
| First flight | 1940 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Kellner-Béchereau E.60 was a prototype single-engine, single-seat training aircraft, designed in France in the late 1930s. It was a monoplane with a novel "double" wing, the rear part providing lift and lateral control as well as acting as slotted flaps.
Design and development
[edit]Specifications
[edit]Data from Mihaly, Edouard. Le Kellner-Bechereau E.60, p. 9
General characteristics
- Capacity: 1
- Length: 4.9 m (16 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 5.4 m (17 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 3 m2 (32 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 410 kg (904 lb)
- Gross weight: 580 kg (1,279 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Walter Mikron II 4-cylinder inverted in-line air cooled, 46 kW (62 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 215 km/h (134 mph, 116 kn)
- Stall speed: 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn)
- Endurance: 3.5 hr
- Rate of climb: 3.0 m/s (590 ft/min) initial
References
[edit]- Bruneteau, François (November 1975). "J'ai piloté: Le Kellner-Bechereau E.60" [I Flew: The Kellner-Bechereau E.60]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (75): 10. ISSN 0757-4169.
- Mihaly, Edouard (November 1975). "Le Kellner-Bechereau E.60: le plus petite avion militaire français en 1939" [The Kellner-Bechereau E.60: The Smallest French Military Aircraft in 1939]. Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French) (75): 8–10. ISSN 0757-4169.