Blériot-SPAD S.29

S.29
Role	Sports aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Blériot-SPAD
Designer	André Herbemont
First flight	January 1920^[1]
Number built	5
Developed from	SPAD XV

The Blériot-SPAD S.29 was a sport aircraft produced in 1919 by Blériot-SPAD.

Design and development

The Blériot-SPAD S.29 was a two-seat single-bay biplane, with a slightly swept upper wing and a straight lower wing, with the wings connected by a single strut on each side. Ailerons were fitted to the lower wing only. The fuselage was a circular section wooden monocoque structure, with pilot and passenger seated in tandem in a single cockpit. It was powered by a 60 kilowatts (80 hp) Le Rhône 9C rotary engine driving a two-bladed propeller fitted with a large hemispherical spinner, mounted on ball-bearings so that it did not rotate with the propeller, possibly a precaution against the spinner disintegrating due to centrifugal force.^[2]

Specifications

Data from Flight^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Capacity: 1 passenger
Length: 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 9.78 m (32 ft 1 in)
Height: 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in)
Empty weight: 848 kg (1,870 lb)
Gross weight: 2,770 kg (6,107 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9C 9-cyl. air-cooled rotary piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 166 km/h; 90 kn (103 mph)
Endurance: 3 hr

References

↑ "SPAD S-29". Aviafrance.com. Retrieved 20 October 2013.
↑ Blériot SPAD Flight 22 January 1920
↑ Particulars of all the machines at the Paris Show Flight 1 January 1920

SPAD and Blériot-SPAD aircraft

SPAD aircraft	S.A-1, 2, 3 & 4 S.C S.D S.E S.F S.G S.H S.V S.VII S.XI S.XII S.XIII S.XIV S.XV S.XVI S.XVII S.XX

Blériot-SPAD aircraft	S.20 S.26 S.27 S.29 S.30 S.33 S.34 S.41 S.42 S.45 S.46 S.48 S.50 S.51 S.54 S.56 S.58 S.61 S.66 S.70 S.81 S.86 S.91 S.116 S.126 S.510 S.710

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