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SFAN 4

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SFAN 4
Role Training ultralight aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer SFAN
First flight 1936

The SFAN 4 was a French motor-glider built in the late 1930s.

Specifications

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Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 6.72 m (22 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 1.27 m (4 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 18.5 m2 (199 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 12
  • Empty weight: 235 kg (518 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 435 kg (959 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Mengin C 2-cylinder air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 26 kW (35 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 kn)
  • Rate of sink: 2 m/s (390 ft/min) power off
  • Lift-to-drag: 11:1
  • Wing loading: 24.1 kg/m2 (4.9 lb/sq ft)

References

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  1. ^ "SFAN 4". www.j2mcl-planeurs.net (in French). Retrieved 26 February 2019.