- Blériot-SPAD S.46
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name=S.46
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type=Airliner
manufacturer=Blériot
designer=
first flight=June 16 1921
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primary user=Franco-Roumaine
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produced=
number built= ca. 40
variants with their own articles=The Bleriot-SPAD S.46 was a small Frenchairliner of the 1920s, developed from the S.33. Like its predecessor, it was a conventionalbiplane that seated four passengers in an enclosed cabin while the pilot and occasionally a fifth passenger rode in an opencockpit . The S.46 had a redesigned wing of longer span and a far more powerful engine. The type was employed byFranco-Roumaine , which purchased 38 out of the 40 examples produced for use on their continentalEurope an routes.In 1922 one of the S.46s was modified to use a more powerful Lorraine engine of 336 kW (450 hp) and redesignated S.86. In 1929 this was changed to a
Hispano-Suiza engine in the same power range and redesignated S.126.In 1925, the surviving 34 Franco-Roumaine aircraft were recalled to Blériot where they underwent remanufacture to incorporate various refinements. These refurbished aircraft were redesignated S.66. One of these aircraft was subsequently modified to use a more powerful Lorraine engine of 336 kW (450 hp) and redesignated S.116.
Variants
* S.46 - Single-engined passenger airliner.
** S.86 - One S.46 was modified when it was fitted with the more powerful 450-hp (336-kW) Lorraine engine.
*** S.126 - The S.86 was further modified again, when it was fitted with a 450-hp (336-kW) Hispano-Suiza 12 Ha engine.
** S.66 - 38 remanufactured S.46s.
*** S.116 - One S.66 was modified with the more powerful 450-hp (336-kW) Renault 12Ja engineOperators
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*Franco-Roumaine (38 aircraft)pecifications (S.46)
aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
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crew=1 pilot
capacity=5 passengers
payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 9.05 m
length alt=29 ft 8 in
span main=12.60 m
span alt=41 ft 4 in
height main=3.18 m
height alt=10 ft 5 in
area main=47 sq metres
area alt=506 sq ft
airfoil=
empty weight main=1,417 kg
empty weight alt=3,124 lb
loaded weight main=2,270 kg
loaded weight alt=5,000 lb
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engine (prop)=Lorraine-Dietrich 12D a
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number of props=1
power main= 276 kW
power alt=370 hp
power original=
max speed main= 214 km/h
max speed alt= 133 mph
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never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main= 800 km
range alt=500 miles
ceiling main= 5,050 m
ceiling alt= 16,560 ft
climb rate main=2.7 m/s
climb rate alt= 540 ft/min
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avionics=References
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* [http://www.aviafrance.com/140.htm aviafrance.com]ee also
aircontent
related=
S.33 -
S.50 -
S.56
similar aircraft=
sequence=
* ← S.40 - S.41 - S.42 - S.46 - S.48 - S.50 - S.51 →* ← S.61 - S.62 - S.64 - S.66 - S.70 - S.71 - S.72 - S.81 - S.82 - S.86 - S.91 - S.92 - S.116 - S.126 - S.510 - S.540 - S.710
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