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Latécoère 28

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The Latécoère 28 is a Franch airliner, entered in service in 1929 this was one of the first successfull airliner despite its small design and low capacity this plane was wild it have 2 variants land version and sea plane made for fly to remote location, it have a 500hp that push at max 222km/h and it have a max range of 4.685km for the sea plane for the land version is araund 1000-1500km sill a lot for a small plane of the '30, this plane have a little quirck of the moving radiator that can extend under the fusolage to recive more air for cooling the Massive engine(use LandingGear for extend it).
All the plane ended service araund the end '30 and first '40 today no example of this aircraft exists, but a Franch association the L'Envol des Pionniers is building a replica of this plane.

General Characteristics

  • Created On Android
  • Wingspan 64.8ft (19.8m)
  • Length 44.5ft (13.5m)
  • Height 15.0ft (4.6m)
  • Empty Weight 4,151lbs (1,882kg)
  • Loaded Weight 4,570lbs (2,072kg)

Performance

  • Horse Power/Weight Ratio 0.218
  • Wing Loading 4.0lbs/ft2 (19.4kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 1,151.4ft2 (107.0m2)
  • Drag Points 6055

Parts

  • Number of Parts 125
  • Control Surfaces 9
  • Performance Cost 645