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SIPA S.200 Minijet
SIPA S.200 Minijet
Type: Sport plane
Design country:

FranceFrance France

Manufacturer:

Société industrial pour l'aéronautique

First flight:

January 14, 1952

Number of pieces:

7th

The SIPA S.200 Minijet was the world's first light, jet-powered sport aircraft from the French manufacturer Société industrial pour l'aéronautique .

history

The development of the SIPA S.200 was started by Yves Gardan in February 1951. The maiden flight of the first of two prototypes took place on January 14, 1952. The second prototype was given the option of attaching wing tip tanks in order to increase the range.

A pre-series production of five mini-jets took place in 1955/56. However, plans for further development of the model were dropped.

construction

The aircraft was a shoulder-wing wing and had double tail booms with vertical stabilizers. The cabin was housed in a central fuselage gondola and had two seats arranged side by side.

The SIPA S.200 was designed for aerobatics and was powered by a Turbomeca Palas jet engine with 1.5 kN thrust.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 1
length 5.18 m
span 8 m
height 1.78 m
Wing area 9.6 m²
Empty mass 523 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 880 kg
Cruising speed 358 km / h
Top speed 398 km / h
Service ceiling 7927 m
Range 563 km
Engines 1 × Turbomeca Palas with 1.5 kN (330 lbf) thrust

See also

literature

  • Bob Ogden: Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland Europe . Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd, 2006, ISBN 0-85130-375-7 .
  • Leonard Bridgeman: Jane's all the world's aircraft 1956-57 . Jane's all the world's aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd, 1956.

Web links

Commons : SIPA S.200 Minijet  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ William Green: The Aircraft of the World. Macdonald, London 1956, p. 170.
  2. ↑ a b John Stroud: Flying the Sipa 200 Minijet. Baby jet. Flight International , October 30, 1953, p. 586 , accessed November 13, 2012 .