Dewoitine D.560

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Dewoitine D.560
RoleSingle-seat fighter prototype
National originFrance
Manufacturer Dewoitine
First flight1932
Number built1

The Dewoitine D.560 was a prototype French single-seat fighter developed by Dewoitine as an alternate to the Dewoitine D.500. [1] The design failed to better the performance and only one aircraft was built. [1]

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Development

To provide an alternate design in the competition to supply the French Air Force with a successor to the Nieuport 62. [1] Rather than the low-wing monoplane design of the D.500 the D.560 had a shoulder-mounted gull wing. [1] During test flying the D.560 was found to be slower than the D.500 and had stability problems. [1] The aircraft was rebuilt with a parasol wing and redesignated the D.570. [1] Performance was even worse than the gull wing design, and following a crash of the prototype development was abandoned. [1]

Variants

D.560 Prototype gull wing fighter, one built. [1] D.570 The D.560 rebuilt with a parasol wing. [1]

Specifications (D.560)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

Performance

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