SABCA S.2

S.2
Role	Airliner
National origin	Belgium
Manufacturer	SABCA
First flight	1926 (1926)
Introduction	1926
Primary user	SABENA
Number built	1

The SABCA S.2 was an airliner built in Belgium in 1926.

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. 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.

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928.

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)

References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.