Loire 210

The Loire 210 was a French single-seat catapult-launched fighter seaplane designed and built by Loire Aviation for the French Navy.

Design and development

The Loire 210 was designed to meet a 1933 French Navy requirement for a single-seat catapult-launched fighter seaplane. The prototype first flew at Saint Nazaire on 21 March 1935.^[1] The fuselage came from the earlier Loire 46 fitted with a new low-wing which was foldable for shipboard stowage. It had a large central float and two underwing auxiliary floats and was powered by a single nose-mounted Hispano-Suiza 9Vbs radial engine.^[2]

The prototype was evaluated by the French Navy against the Bernard H 110, Potez 453 and Romano R.90 with the 210 achieving a production order for 20 aircraft in March 1937. The production aircraft were fitted with four wing-mounted Darne machine guns (the prototype had only two).^[3]

Operational history

The aircraft entered service with the French Navy in August 1939, within three months five aircraft had been lost due to structural failure of the wing. All the remaining aircraft were grounded and withdrawn from use.^[4]

Variants

Loire 210.01: First prototype aircraft.
Loire 210: Single-seat fighter seaplane.
Loire 211: Prototype with a more powerful Gnome-Rhône 14K^[5] engine.

Operators

France

French Navy
- Escadrille HC.1
- Escadrille HC.2

Specifications

Data from The Complete Book of Fighters ^[6]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 9.51 m (31 ft 2.75 in)
Wingspan: 11.79 m (38 ft 8.25 in)
Height: 3.80 m (12 ft 5.25 in)
Wing area: 20.3 m² (218.5 sq ft)
Gross weight: 2,100 kg (4,629 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 9Vbs radial piston engine , 537 kW (720 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 299 km/h (186 mph, 162 kn)
Cruise speed: 199.5 km/h (124 mph, 108 kn)
Range: 750 km (466 mi, 405 nmi)
Techo de servicio: 8.000 m (26.250 pies) ^{[ 4 ]}
Velocidad de ascenso: 9,4 m/s (1897,8 pies/min)

Armamento

4 ametralladoras Darne de 7,5 mm (0,295 pulgadas) (montadas en las alas)

Véase también

Listas relacionadas

Referencias

Notas

↑ Green 1962, pág. 45.
↑ La Enciclopedia Ilustrada de Aeronaves 1985, pág. 2379.
↑ Taylor y Alexander 1969, págs. 106–107.
1 2 Green 1962, pág. 46.
^ Bousquet, Gérard (febrero de 2013). "Loira 210". Revista Aérea . 57 (1): 4.
↑ Green y Swanborough 1995, pág. 353.

Bibliografía

Green, William. Aviones de guerra de la Segunda Guerra Mundial: Volumen seis: Hidroaviones . Londres: Macdonald, 1962.
Green, William y F. Gordon Swanborough. El libro completo de los luchadores . Londres: Smithmark, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8.
Enciclopedia Ilustrada de Aeronaves (Obra por partes 1982–1985). Londres: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
Taylor, John WR y Jean Alexander. Aviones de combate del mundo. Nueva York: GP Putnam's Sons, 1969.
Taylor, Michael JH. Enciclopedia de aviación de Jane. Londres: Studio Editions, 1989.

Enlaces externos

Loire 210 - Hydravion de chasse - Un siècle d'aviation française Aviafrance .

[Green_Seaplanes_p45-1] Green 1962, pág. 45.

[2] La Enciclopedia Ilustrada de Aeronaves 1985, pág. 2379.

[3] Taylor y Alexander 1969, págs. 106–107.

[Green_Floatplanes_p46-4] 1 2 Green 1962, pág. 46.

[5] Bousquet, Gérard (febrero de 2013). "Loira 210". Revista Aérea . 57 (1): 4.

[complete_fightersp353-6] Green y Swanborough 1995, pág. 353.

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