Ponche et Primard Tubavion

Ponche et Primard Tubavion
Role	Experimental aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Charles Ponche and Maurice Primard
First flight	March 1912
Number built	1

The Ponche et Primard Tubavion was a French experimental monoplane aircraft built in the early 1910s.

Specifications

Data from Aviafrance : Ponche et Primard Tubavion, ^[1] French Aeroplanes before the Great War ^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 8.50 m (27 ft 11 in) (Opdycke 9.5 m (31 ft))
• Wingspan: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in) (Opdycke 9.7 m (32 ft))
• Wing area: 20.00 m² (215.3 sq ft) (Opdycke 18 m² (190 sq ft))
• Empty weight: 420 kg (926 lb) (Opdycke 320 kg (710 lb))
• Powerplant: 1 × Labor 4-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 52 kW (70 hp) at 800 rpm
  

(also fitted with a 70 hp (52 kW) Gnome 7 Gamma rotary engine)

• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

References

1. "Ponche et Primard Tubavion". Aviafrance.com. 2000-12-30. Retrieved 2019-03-06.
2. Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. pp. 207–208. ISBN   0-7643-0752-5.