The FBA Type 310 was a 1930s
French touring
flying boat
A flying boat is a type of seaplane with a hull, allowing it to land on water. It differs from a floatplane in having a fuselage that is purpose-designed for flotation, while floatplanes rely on fuselage-mounted floats for buoyancy.
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or amphibian built by the
Franco-British Aviation Company.
The Type 310 was the last design from FBA and was their only
monoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple wings.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing con ...
flying boat. Designed to sell into a growing market for touring flying-boats in the 1920s and 1930s, the 310 was a shoulder-wing flying boat with stabilizing floats attached to the struts that braced the wing to the hull. It was powered by a single 120 hp (89 kW) Lorraine 5Pc
radial engine
The radial engine is a reciprocating engine, reciprocating type internal combustion engine, internal combustion engine configuration in which the cylinder (engine), cylinders "radiate" outward from a central crankcase like the spokes of a wheel. ...
driving a
pusher propeller. The engine was strut-mounted above the wing. The cabin accommodated a pilot and two passengers. The proposed price was set as 150000 FRF.
[L'Aerophile 15.02.1931, p.42]
An amphibian version was also built as the 310/1, but the added weight of the landing gear meant that only one passenger could be carried. Design and development ceased in 1931 with the lack of both orders and funds, and the factory closed in 1934 when the company was sold to
Société des Avions Bernard.
Variants
;Type 310
:Production flying-boat, six built.
;Type 310/1
:Production amphibian, three built.
Specifications (Type 310)
See also
References
External links
FBA 310 on aviafrance.com
{{FBA aircraft
1930s French civil utility aircraft
FBA aircraft
Flying boats
Single-engined pusher aircraft
Amphibious aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1930