SOCATA ST 10

ST 10 Diplomate
General information
Type	Light aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	SOCATA
Number built	55
History
Manufactured	1969-1974
First flight	7 November 1967
Developed from	Gardan GY-80 Horizon

The Socata ST-10 Diplomate was a French four-seat civil light aircraft. It was a development of the GY-80 Horizon, and was initially known as the Super Horizon 200, later the Provence, before finally being named the ST-10 Diplomate. The first prototype flew on 7 November 1967, ^[1] production beginning in 1970. Production ended in 1974, with a total of 56 built. ^[2]

Specifications (ST-10)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75 ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Capacity: 3 pax
• Length: 7.26 m (23 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
• Height: 2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)
• Wing area: 13 m² (140 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 7.1
• Airfoil:root: NACA 4413-6 (modified); tip: NACA 62A-517 (modified)
• Empty weight: 724 kg (1,596 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 1,222 kg (2,694 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-360-C1B 4-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 150 kW (200 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzell, 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) diameter constant-speed propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn) at MTOW at sea level
• Cruise speed: 265 km/h (165 mph, 143 kn) at75% power
• Stall speed: 100 km/h (62 mph, 54 kn) flaps down
• Range: 1,385 km (861 mi, 748 nmi) 1 +3 pax
• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
• Rate of climb: 5.1 m/s (1,000 ft/min)
  
• Take-off run: 270 m (886 ft)
• Landing run: 250 m (820 ft)

See also

Related development

• Socata GY-80 Horizon

Related lists

• List of civil aircraft

References

1. Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1974). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75 (65th annual ed.). New York: Franklin Watts Inc. pp. 87–88. ISBN   978-0354005029.
2. Taylor, John W.R., ed. (1976). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1976-77 (67th ed.). London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 66. ISBN   0-3540-0538-3.

External links

• Airliners.net