Socata TB 30

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Socata TB 30
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Aerospatiale TB 30
Type: Trainer aircraft
Design country:

FranceFrance France

Manufacturer:

Socata

First flight:

December 22, 1979

Commissioning:

1984

The Socata TB 30 "Epsilon" is a training aircraft from the French company Socata , at that time part of Aérospatiale , which emerged from the Socata TB 10 .

History and construction

The TB 30 was created on the basis of a request from the French Air Force Armée de l'air , which was looking for a basic trainer who could be deployed after the basic training but before the jet training.

Your tasks are pilot selection, basic training, instrument flight and navigation training, formation flight and aerobatic training. It is designed for a load multiple of + 7 / −3.5 g . The design of the tandem cockpit makes it easier to switch to jet aircraft.

The prototype had its maiden flight on December 22, 1979.

Military users

Socata TB30
FranceFrance France
PortugalPortugal Portugal
SenegalSenegal Senegal
  • Luftwaffe - 2 copies from 2006, plus 4 in 2014 and 2 in 2019
TogoTogo Togo
  • Luftwaffe - 3 copies

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 2
length 7.59 m
span 7.92 m
height 2.63 m
Wing area 9 m²
Empty mass 870 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 1250 kg
Cruising speed 356 km / h
Top speed 380 km / h
Service ceiling 7000 m
Range 1300 km
Engines Avco Lycoming AEIO-540-L1B5 with 221 kW

literature

  • Taylor, John WR Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988-1989. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Defense Data, 1988. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5 .
  • Jackson, Paul. "Epsilon ... The Tractable Trainer from Tarbes". Air International, Volume 32, No. 1, January 1987, pp. 7-15. ISSN  0306-5634 .

Web links

Commons : Socata TB-30 Epsilon  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hoyle Flight International 2012, p. 50.
  2. ↑ Hoyle Flight International 2012, p. 58.
  3. ↑ Hoyle Flight International 2012, p. 59.
  4. ↑ France donates Epsilon trainer aircraft to Senegal , defenseweb.co.za, May 29, 2019
  5. ↑ Hoyle Flight International 2012, p. 61.
  6. ↑ Donald, David. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997, pp. 19-20. ISBN 1-85605-375-X .