Boisavia Anjou
| Boisavia B. 260 Anjou | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Touring plane |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
June 2, 1956 |
| Number of pieces: |
1 prototype |
The Boisavia Anjou (later developed by SIPA as Sipavia Anjou ) was a touring aircraft made by the French manufacturer Boisaiva .
History and construction
The Anjou was developed as a four-seat twin-engine touring aircraft in France in the 1950s. It was designed as a low-wing aircraft with a conventional construction and retractable nose wheel landing gear . Designed by Boisavia as a touring aircraft, it did not find a market, so only a single prototype was built. The rights to the construction and the prototype were sold to SIPA, which revised the aircraft and equipped it with two Lycoming O-360 engines, but the machine could not be sold anyway. At a time when two-engine American all-metal constructions were increasingly coming onto the market, fabric-covered tubular steel constructions were no longer up to date, so that development was abandoned. Plans for a stretched version with three additional seats and Potez 4D engines were also discontinued.
variants
- B.260 - Bosavia prototype with Regnier 4L piston engines
- P.261 - SIPA conversion with Lycoming O-360 motors
- P.262 - planned seven-seater version
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data (B.260) |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 3 |
| length | 7.10 m |
| span | 12.85 m |
| height | ? m |
| Wing area | 21.5 m² |
| Empty mass | 992 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1870 kg |
| Top speed | 260 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 7125 m |
| Range | 1250 km |
| Engines | 2 × Regnier 4L-02 built under license at SNECMA, each with 127 kW |
See also
literature
- Michael JH Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . Studio Editions, London 1989, p. 192.
- World Aircraft Information Files . Bright Star Publishing, London, S. File 890 Sheet 73.
- RW Simpson: Airlife's General Aviation . Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury 1995, pp. 370, 408-09.