SABCA S.2

The SABCA S.2 was an airliner built in Belgium in 1926.[1]

S.2
Role Airliner
National origin Belgium
Manufacturer SABCA
First flight 1926 (1926)
Introduction 1926
Primary user SABENA
Number built 1

Design and development

The S.2 was a conventional, high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailskid undercarriage. The flight deck was open, but the passenger cabin was fully enclosed.[2] Power was provided by a single engine in the nose, driving a two-blade propeller, and whose exhaust was collected in a single stack that extended up over the wing. Metal was construction throughout, with corrugated skin. Only a single example was built, which served with SABENA.[1]

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928.[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 4 pax
  • Length: 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
  • Wing area: 39 m2 (420 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,230 kg (2,712 lb)
  • Gross weight: 2,000 kg (4,409 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Siddeley Puma 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
  • Landing speed: 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
  • Wing loading: 51.5 kg/m2 (10.5 lb/sq ft)
  • Power/mass: 13.598 kg/kW (17.6 lb/hp)

Notes
  1. Taylor 1989, p.787
  2. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2837
  3. Grey, C.G., ed. (1928). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 4c.

References
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
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