SCAN 20

The SCAN 20 was a 1940s French flying-boat training monoplane designed and built by Société de Constructions Aéro-Navales de Port-Neuf (SCAN). The prototype was built in secret in 1941 it was hidden until the liberation of France and first flown in 1945.

SCAN 20
Role Flying-boat trainer
Manufacturer SCAN
First flight 1945
Introduction 1951
Primary user French Navy
Number built 24

Development

The SCAN 20 was designed to meet a French Air Ministry requirement for a small flying-boat trainer. The SCAN 20 was a high-wing cantilever monoplane flying-boat with strut-mounted floats under each wing. It had twin fin with rudders on a raised tailplane and an enclosed cockpit with side-by-side seating for two. Built in secret during 1941 it was not flown until after the liberation of France in October 1945. The prototype had a single 425 hp (317 kW) Béarn 6D inline engine strut-mounted above the wing. An order for 30 aircraft with a more powerful engine was placed for the French Navy but only 23 were delivered.


Operators
 France

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947[1][2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Capacity: 2 pax
  • Length: 11.79 m (38 ft 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 15 m (49 ft 3 in)
  • Height: 3.62 m (11 ft 11 in)
  • Wing area: 32 m2 (340 sq ft)
  • Max takeoff weight: 2,500 kg (5,512 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Béarn 6D 6-cyl in-line air-cooled piston engine, 242 kW (325 hp)
or
1x Potez 8D V-8
or
1x Salmson 8 As.00 V-8
  • Propellers: 3-bladed Ratier variable-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
  • Cruise speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
  • Alighting speed: 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn)}
  • Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  • Wing loading: 78.1 kg/m2 (16.0 lb/sq ft)

See also

Related lists

  • List of seaplanes and flying boats

References
  1. Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1947). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. p. 131c.
  2. Orbis 1985, p 2839
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.
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