SNCASO Farfadet

SO.1310 Farfadet
Role Experimental convertiplane
National origin France
Manufacturer SNCASO
First flight 8 May 1953

The SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet was an experimental French convertiplane of the 1950s.

Design and development

The SO.1310 was a gyrodyne type aircraft featuring a tip-jet driven, three-bladed rotor, a fixed wing and a turboprop engine driving a nose-mounted propeller. First flown on 8 May 1953 the aircraft achieved transition to forward flight on 1 July of that year.[1]

Specifications (SO.1310)

Data from Taylor

General characteristics

1 × Turbomeca Artouste turboprop, driving propeller, 270 kW (360 hp)

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

Related lists

References

Notes
  1. Taylor 1976, p.229.
  2. Flight 1953
Bibliography
  • Taylor, John W.R. Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft, London, Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, 1976. ISBN 0-356-08409-4.
  • "Aircraft Intelligence". Flight. Vol. LXIII no. 2309. 24 April 1953. p. 513. 
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