Couzinet 40

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Role Long-range commercial monoplane
Manufacturer Société des Avions René Couzinet
First flight 4 June 1932
Primary user Aéropostale
Produced 1

The Couzinet 40 was a mailplane built in France in the early 1930s.

Design

The Couzinet 40 was a five-seat low-wing monoplane of all-wood construction.[1]

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 5
  • Length: 16.1 m (52 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 28 m (91 ft 10 in)
  • Height: 4.36 m (14 ft 4 in)
  • Wing area: 92.45 m2 (995.1 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 4,140 kg (9,127 lb)
  • Gross weight: 6,456 kg (14,233 lb)
  • Powerplant: 3 × Gnome & Rhône 7Kd 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 260 kW (350 hp) each

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)

References

  1. ^ a b Parmentier, Bruno. "Couzinet 40". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 7 March 2019.