Lasco Lascondor
| Lasco Lascondor | |
|---|---|
| Type: | Airliner |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: | |
| First flight: |
March 23, 1930 |
| Commissioning: |
1930 |
| Number of pieces: |
1 |
The Lasco Lascondor was an airliner produced by the Australian manufacturer Larkin Aircraft Supply Company .
History and construction
The Lasco Lascondor was built by Larkin Aircraft Supply Company (Lasco) in the 1930s as an eight-seat commercial and mail plane and was the first multi-engine aircraft designed in Australia. The development of the Lascondor began in June 1928 at the same time as the Lascoter . The two planes had 90% identical components. The biggest difference between the two machines was that the Lascondor was powered by three Armstrong-Siddeley-Mongoose engines and the Lascoter by an Armstrong-Siddeley-Puma engine. Like the Lascoter, the Lascondor was a braced high- wing aircraft with a fabric-covered tubular steel fuselage, a non-retractable tail wheel landing gear and a fully enclosed cabin for the passengers and the pilot. The Lascondor also had larger fuel tanks and a slightly longer hull with a redesigned cabin to accommodate an additional row of seats.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | 7th |
| length | 10.5 m |
| span | 15.24 m |
| height | 3.5 m |
| Wing area | 33.6 m² |
| Empty mass | 1539 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 2653 kg |
| Cruising speed | 153 km / h |
| Top speed | 177 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 4267 m |
| Range | 644 km |
| Engines | 3 x 5 cylinder - radial engines Armstrong Siddeley Mongoose each with 112 kW (152 hp) |
See also
literature
- Keith Raymond Meggs: Australian-built Aircraft and the Industry. Volume 1, Finger-Four Publishing, Seymour 2009, ISBN 978-1-920892-77-7 .