Stampe SV.4
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.jpg/300px-Stampe-Vertongen_SV-4C_(D-EBUT).jpg) SV-4C D-EBUT, as flying in 2004 |
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| Type | Two-seat trainer |
| Manufacturer | Stampe et Vertongen |
| Designed by | George Ivanov |
| Maiden flight | 1933 |
| Introduced | 1947 (Belgian Air Force) |
| Retired | 1975 |
| Status | Privately owned, or in museums |
| Primary user | Belgian Air Force |
| Number built | 940 |
The Stampe et Vertongen SV.4 (also known as the Stampe SV.4 or just Stampe) is a Belgian two-seat trainer/tourer biplane designed and built by Stampe et Vertongen. The aircraft was also built under licence in France and Algeria.
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[edit] History
The SV.4 was designed as a biplane tourer/training aircraft in the early 1930s by Stampe et Vertongen at Antwerp. The first model was the SV.4A an advanced aerobatic trainer followed by the SV.4B with redesigned wings and the 130 hp/97 kW de Havilland Gipsy Major.
Only 35 aircraft were built before the company was closed during the Second World War. After the war the successor company Stampe et Renard built a further 65 as trainers for the Belgian Air Force. A licenced SV.4C version was built in France by SNCAN and in Algeria by Atelier Industriel de l'Aéronautique d'Alger building a combined total of 940 aircraft.
[edit] Variants
- SV.4
- prototype
- SV.4A
- aerobatic trainer with 140 hp/104 kW Renault 4-PO5 engine
- SV.4B
- improved version with 130 hp/97 kW de Havilland Gipsy Major I. Post-war trainers for the BAF were fitted with more powerful Cirrus Major or Gipsy Major X
- SV.4C
- licence built version with 140hp/104 kW Renault 4-Pei engine
- SV.4D
- one aircraft re-engined with 175 hp/130 kW Mathis engine
A few SV.4s have been fitted with other engines, such as the Lycoming O-320, Ranger 6 or LOM 332b. At least one aircraft fitted with a Lycoming engine (OO-KAT) has been referred to by its owners as an SV.4E. [1]
[edit] Military Operators
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- Royal Air Force One aircraft "liberated" by Belgian pilots in 1941 and flown across the Channel.[2]
- No. 510 Squadron RAF
[edit] Specifications (Post-War SV.4B)
Data from Factory drawings and [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1-2
- Length: 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 8.385 m (27 ft 6 in)
- Height: 2.775 m (9 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 18.06 m² (194.4 ft²)
- Empty weight: 520 kg (1146 lbs)
- Max takeoff weight: 770 kg (1697 lbs)
- Powerplant: 1× de Havilland Gipsy Major X or Blackburn Cirrus Major III, 145 hp (108 kW)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 101 knots (188 km/h)
- Cruise speed: 75 knots (140 km/h)
- Range: 420 km (260 miles)
- Service ceiling 20,000 ft (6,000 m)
[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft
Related lists
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
[edit] Bibliography
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
- Pacco, John. "Stampe & Vertongen SV-4B" Belgisch Leger/Armee Belge: Het Militair Vliegwezen/l'Aeronautique Militaire 1930-1940. Aartselaar, Belgium, 2003, pp. 85-86. ISBN 90-801136-6-2.
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