Lioré et Olivier LeO H-180
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Role | Two-seat flying-boat |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Lioré et Olivier |
First flight | 1928 |
Number built | 6 |
The Lioré et Olivier LeO H-180 was a 1920s French two-seat flying-boat built by Lioré et Olivier.[1]
Development
[edit]The H-180 first flew in 1928 and was a cantilever high-wing monoplane flying-boat.[1] Powered by a 120 hp (89 kW) Salmson 9Ac engine strut-mounted above the fuselage.[1] It had two side-by-side seats in an open cockpit but the following year it was fitted with an enclosed cockpit and re-designated the LeO H-181.[1] The company intended to build a production batch of ten aircraft but only five H-181s were built.[1] One aircraft was destroyed and the others finding no buyers were used as test aircraft by the company.[1]
Variants
[edit]- H-180
- Two-seat touring / training flying boat; 1 built.[2]
- H-181
- An enclosed cockpit version, with increased span and longer fuselage; 5 built.[3]
Specifications (H-180)
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Data from Flight,[4] Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928[5]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2, (1 pilot)
- Capacity: (1 pax)
- Length: 7.25 m (23 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 11.2 m (36 ft 9 in)
- Height: 2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 17.2 m2 (185 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 680 kg (1,499 lb)
- Gross weight: 960 kg (2,116 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 9Ac 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 89 kW (120 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch pusher propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
- Cruise speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 kn)
- Range: 520 km (320 mi, 280 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
- Time to altitude: 20 min to 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
- Wing loading: 55.8 kg/m2 (11.4 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 0.09341 kW/kg (0.05682 hp/lb)
See also
[edit]Related lists
References
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- ^ a b c d e f The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 2334.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (13 December 1998). "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-180, Hydravion d'entrainement par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Pariz. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ Parmentier, Bruno (13 December 1998). "Lioré et Olivier LeO H-181, Hydravion d'entrainement par Aviafrance". Aviafrance (in French). Pariz. Retrieved 18 February 2018.
- ^ "The Leo H.18". Flight. Vol. XXI, no. 29. 18 July 1929. pp. 724–725. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017.
- ^ Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 108c.
Bibliography
[edit]- Hartmann, Gérard. Les Avions Lioré Et Olivier. Boulogne-Billancourt, France: ETAI. 2002. ISBN 2-7268-8607-8 (in French)