Levasseur PL.10 - French carrier -based biplane , reconnaissance aircraft used by the French Navy during the interwar period and during World War II [1]
| Levasseur PL.10 | |
|---|---|
 PL 101 landing | |
| Type of | deck scout / torpedo bomber |
| Developer | Levasseur |
| Manufacturer | Levasseur |
| First flight | spring 1929 |
| Start of operation | March 1931 |
| Status | removed from service |
| Operators |  French Navy Aviation |
| Years of production | 1929 - 1939 |
| Units produced | 63 |
The design was similar to the previous models of the company and included elements typical for Leubasser's haul-offers: a waterproof boat-shaped fuselage, small underwing floats discharged in case of landing gear landing .
The first 30 aircraft ordered for Navy aviation entered the aircraft carrier Bearn in 1931 and were operated under the name R3b [2] until 1935, when they were replaced by 30 PL.101 . [one]
The deep modernization of the previous constructions - the torpedo bomber PL.107 , which soared for the first time in 1937, became the answer to the new military demands. However, neither he nor his next version PL.108 (1939) satisfied the customer, and because of the capitulation of France, there was no further discussion of any further refinements.
Content
Modifications
- PL.10 - Hispano-Suiza 12Lb engine , 30 built;
- PL.101 - Modification from a wider-gauge chassis, wing console with a small sweep, 30 copies;
- PL.107 - closed cabin, new lower wing and landing gear with fairing, Gnome-Rhône 9Kfr engine , armament: 2 synchronous and 1 Darne turret machine gun, 1 400-mm torpedo (720 kg) or 2 150-kg bombs. Built 2 prototypes;
- PL.108 - the third prototype PL.107, engine Hispano-Suiza 9Vbrs , built 1.
Performance characteristics
The data of the modification PL.101 are given . Data source: Harrison, p. nineteen.
- Specifications
- Crew : 3
- Length : 9.75 m
- Height : 3.75 m (parked)
- Wing area: 56.85 m²
- Weight empty: 2020 kg
- Normal take-off weight: 3150 kg
- Powerplant : 1 × radial 14-cylinder Hispano-Suiza 12Lb
- Engine power: 1 × 600 l. with. (1 × 450 kW)
- Flight performance
- Maximum speed: 220 km / h at an altitude of 533 m
- Practical range: 600 km
- Practical ceiling : 4500 m
- with maximum take-off weight: 4572 m
- Armament
- Cannon:
- 1 × 7.5 mm machine gun
- 2 × 7.5 mm machine guns
- Bombs :
- 60 kg bombs
- Torpedoes: 1 × 730 kg under the fuselage
Operators
- France
- French Navy Aviation
- Escadrille 7S1
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Taylor 1989, 575
- ↑ Reconnaissance, 3 - triplace, em b arqué - shipboard
- Taylor, Michael JH Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. - London: Studio Editions, 1989.
- aviafrance.com
- Sky corner
Literature
- Ulrich Israel: Trägerflugzeuge des zweiten Weltkrieges. In: Wolfgang Sellenthin (Hrsg.): Deutscher Fliegerkalender 1971. Deutscher Militärverlag, Berlin 1970, S. 180/181.
- Peter Alles-Fernandez (Hrsg.): Flugzeuge von A bis Z. Band 3: Koolhoven FK 56-Zmaj. Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1989, ISBN 3-7637-5906-9 , S. 32/33.
- Werner von Langsdorff: Handbuch der Luftfahrt. Jahrgang 1939. 2., unveränderte Auflage. JF Lehmann, Munich 1937, S. 257 ff.