SET 10

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SET 10
Type Trainer aircraft
Manufacturer SET
Designed by Grigore Zamfirescu
Maiden flight 1932
Primary user Romania
Number built 2

The SET 10 (unrelated to the SET X design of the same year) was a trainer aircraft produced in Romania in prototype form in the early 1930s. It was a conventional, single-bay biplane with staggered wings braced with N-struts. It was equipped with fixed tailskid undercarriage, and seated the pilot and instructor in tandem, open cockpits. Intended for Romania's aeroclubs and Air Force, no production ensued.

[edit] Specifications (planned production version)

Data from Ion Gudju, Gheorghe Iacobescu, Ovidiu Ionescu: Romanian aeronautical constructions 1905-1974

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
  • Length: 7.30 m (23 ft 11 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.46 m (31 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 2.73 m (9 ft 0 in)
  • Wing area: 22.0 m² (236 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 548 kg (1,208 lb)
  • Gross weight: 800 kg (1,763 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × de Havilland Gipsy Major, 97 kW (130 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 180 km/h (111 mph)
  • Range: 500 km (310 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)


[edit] References

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 352. 
  • Aviatia magazine website
  • Ion Gudju, Gheorghe Iacobescu, Ovidiu Ionescu: Romanian aeronautical constructions 1905-1974


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