Potez 43
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| The Potez 43 at Musée de l'Air et de l'Espace. | |
| Role | Sports and utility plane |
| Manufacturer | Potez |
| First flight | June 1932 |
| Introduction | 1932 |
| Primary user | France |
| Produced | 1932-1934 |
| Number built | 161 |
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The Potez 43 was a family of French light utility and sports aircraft, developed in early 1930s. They were three-seat single-engine high-wing monoplanes.
Design and development
The plane was a development of Potez 36. First of all it featured new, slimmer fuselage, with three seats, instead of two. A disadvantage were non-folding wings, with shorter slats. The original Potez 430 first flew in June 1932, powered by a 78 kW (105 hp) Potez 6Ас radial engine . 25 examples of this variant were completed, followed by other variants, differing with the last digit in designation. Other variants built in significant numbers were Potez 431 and Potez 438. 161 of Potez 43 family were built in total.
Operational service
Two Potez 430s (registrations: F-AMBM and F-AMBN) took part in the Challenge 1932 international tourist plane contest. Pierre Duroyon took the 22nd place (for 43 starting and 24 finishing crews), while Georges Detre was disqualified due to low cruise speed.
Variants
- Potez 430
- First version, 78 kW (105 hp) Potez 6Ас engine, 25 built.
- Potez 431
- Modified series version of 1933, Potez 6Ас engine, 60 built.
- Potez 432
- Version with 75 kW (100 hp) Renault 4Pei engine, 3 built (first flew 21 April 1933).
- Potez 434
- Version with 89 kW (120 hp) de Havilland Gipsy Major I straight engine, 9 built (first flew 2 November 1933).
- Potez 435
- Version with 89 kW (120 hp) Renault 4Pdi engine, 11 built (first flew 23 June 1933).
- Potez 436
- Potez 437
- Modified version with 89 kW (120 hp) Renault 4Pdi engine, 9 built (first flew 17 July 1934).
- Potez 438
- Military trainer and liaison version with 89 kW (120 hp) Renault 4Pdi engine and a tail wheel, of 1934. 40 built (according to other sources, 33).
- Potez 439
Operators
Specifications (Potez 430)
Mixed construction strutted high-wing monoplane. A steel framed fuselage covered with canvas. Rectangular two-spar wing, with rounded ends, of wooden construction, canvas covered. Wings were equipped with slats on 1/3 span and supported with main V-shaped struts. Closed cabin with three seats, well glazed. Engine in front, two-blade propeller. Conventional fixed landing gear, with a rear skid, wheels in teardrop covers.
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 7.65 m (25 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
- Height: 2.36 m (7 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 18 m² (193.75 sqft)
- Empty weight: 470 kg (1,036 lb)
- Useful load: 330 kg (727.5 lb)
- Loaded weight: 800 kg (1,764 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Potez 6Ac air-cooled 6-cylinder two-row radial piston engine, 100 hp (73.5 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (102.5 mph)
- Cruise speed: 140 km/h (87 mph)
- Stall speed: <60 km/h (<37.3 mph)
- Range: 800 km (497 mi)
- Service ceiling: 5000 m (16,404 ft)
- Wing loading: 44.4 kg/m² (9.1 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: .125 hp/kg (.057 hp/lb)
- take-off: 156.5 m (over 8-m high gate) (513.5 ft over 26.25 ft)
- landing: 102.8 m (over 8-m high gate) (337.3 ft over 26.25 ft)
See also
- Related development
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
- Marian Krzyżan: "Międzynarodowe turnieje lotnicze 1929-1934", Warsaw 1988, ISBN 83-206-0637-3 (Polish language)
- Potez at Aviafrance
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