Socata TB

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Socata TB
SOCATA TB 10
Socata TB 10
Type: Light aircraft
Design country:
Manufacturer:

EADS Socata Groupe Aerospatiale

First flight:

February 23, 1977

Commissioning:

March 1981

Production time:

1977-2006

The SOCATA TB series comprises various four to five-seat light aircraft from the French manufacturer Socata Groupe Aerospatiale. The variants of the range have been in production since the late 1970s.

history

The initial model was the TB 10, which was developed to complement the successful Morane-Saulnier rally and later replaced it. The prototype made its maiden flight on February 23, 1977 in Tarbes . The second prototype, known as the TB 11, had a Lycoming engine that, at 180 hp, had an output that was 20 hp higher than that of the first prototype. From 1979 the TB 10 was given the name Tobago, and the variants of the TB 10 were given names that begin with a "T".

As a cheaper entry-level variant, the largely identical, but less powerful TB 9 Tampico was developed. This had its maiden flight on March 9, 1979. Another more powerful variant with a rigid landing gear, the TB 200 Tobago XL, flew for the first time on March 27, 1991.

Front section of a TB 20

The TB 20 Trinidad, which took off for the first time on November 14, 1980, differs primarily in its retractable landing gear and the extended usability as an IFR training aircraft. The Trinidad TC uses the same engine with 186 kW (250 PS), but this is also turbocharged .

A diesel engine and power unit set from Société de Motorisations Aéronautiques was also planned for the TB 10, but was not used. With GPS - Navigation systems equipped this aircraft meets all requirements of a modern utility aircraft.

On the basis of the TB 10, the two-seater trainers TB 30 Epsilon and TB 31 Omega were later designed, which clearly differ in their external appearance from the rest of the TB series.

construction

The TB series has a conventional low- wing design with a fixed nose wheel landing gear (TB 20 retractable) and is essentially an all-metal construction. Only ailerons and flaps are built in a composite honeycomb construction.

variants

Two TB-200 Tobago GT
TB 10 Tobago
Initial sample with 134 kW (180 hp) Lycoming engine
TB 9 GT Tampico
Variant with 119 kW (160 PS) Lycoming engine
TB 200 Tobago XL
149 kW (200 PS) Lycoming engine
TB 20 Trinidad
Can also be used as an IFR training aircraft, retractable landing gear, 186 kW (250 PS) Lycoming engine
TB 21 Trinidad TC
like TB 20, but engine equipped with exhaust gas turbocharger.

Technical specifications

Parameter TB 9 TB 10 TB 20/21 TC TB 200
length 7.72 m 7.75 m
span 9.89 m 9.85 m 9.89 m
height 3.02 m 2.85 m 3.02 m
Max. Takeoff mass 1060 kg 1150 kg 1400 kg 1150 kg
Cruising speed 238 km / h 280 km / h 238 km / h
Max. Altitude 3810 m 3960 m 6100 m (20) / 7620 m (21TC) 3960 m
Range 834 km 1210 km 1640 km 1093 km
Engines a Textron Lycoming O-320 , 119 kW (160 PS) a Textron Lycoming O-360 , 134 kW (180 PS) a Textron Lycoming IO-540 , 186 kW (250 PS) (20)
a Textron Lycoming TIO-540, 186 kW (250 PS) (21TC) 		a Textron Lycoming IO-360 , 149 kW (200 PS)

Web links

literature

  • Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1993-94 , Jane's Information Group Ltd., 1993, pp. 93f.
  • Rolf Wurster: Flying sofa, pilot report on the rally TB 10 Tobago , Flug Revue, October 1981, pp. 50–53
  • SOCATA TB 9 Tampico & TB 10 Tobago , Airdata File, AIR International, August 1979, pp. 100f.
  • SOCATA TB-10 / TB-11 , Airdata File, AIR International, May 1977, p. 259.