Tellier T.2
| Tellier T.2 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Patrolflying-boat |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Société Alphonse Tellier et Cie à Neuilly/Voisin |
| Designer | Alphonse Tellier |
| First flight | June 1916 |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed into | Tellier T.3 |
TheTellier T.2was a French two-seat patrolbiplaneflying-boatbuilt bySociété Alphonse Tellier et Cie à Neuilly(hull) andVoisin(wings). The wooden-hull flying boat used a 150 kW (200 hp)Hispano-Suiza 8Baengine and was first flown in June 1916.[1]
Test flights were successful, which led to orders for an improved variant, theTellier T.3.The T.2 was destroyed in 1916, after an engine failed in flight, due to carburetor failure.[1][2]
Specifications
[edit]Data fromFrench aircraft of the First World War[2]
General characteristics
- Crew:2
- Length:11.84 m (38 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan:15.6 m (51 ft 2 in)
- Height:3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
- Wing area:47 m2(510 sq ft)
- Empty weight:1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
- Gross weight:1,750 kg (3,858 lb)
- Powerplant:1 ×Hispano-Suiza 8BaV-8 water-cooled piston engine, 150 kW (200 hp)
- Propellers:2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch pusher propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed:145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
- Range:700 km (430 mi, 380 nmi)
- Time to altitude:1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 6 minutesd 30 seconds
References
[edit]- ^abTreadwell, Terry C (2013).British and Allied Aircraft Manufacturers of the First World War.Amberley Publishing Limited.ISBN9781445620091.
- ^abDavilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur M.French aircraft of the First World War.Flying Machines Press. p. 529.ISBN1891268090.