The SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet was an experimental
French
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convertiplane of the 1950s.
Design and development
The SO.1310 was a
compound gyroplane featuring a
tip-jet driven, three-bladed rotor, a fixed wing and a
turboprop
A turboprop is a turbine engine that drives an aircraft propeller.
A turboprop consists of an intake, reduction gearbox, compressor, combustor, turbine, and a propelling nozzle. Air enters the intake and is compressed by the compressor. ...
engine driving a nose-mounted propeller. First flown on 8 May 1953 the aircraft achieved transition to forward flight on 1 July of that year.
[Taylor 1976, p.229.]
Specifications (SO.1310)
See also
References
;Notes
;Bibliography
* Taylor, John W.R. ''Jane's Pocket Book of Research and Experimental Aircraft'', London, Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd, 1976. .
*
External links
''Flight'', 12 March 1954"French Air Oddities"
''Popular Mechanics'', December 1953, p. 115.
{{SNCASO aircraft
1950s French experimental aircraft
Gyrodynes
Farfadet
Farfadets are creatures of French folklore. The word translates variously as " Sprite", "Imp", " Brownie", or " Leprechaun", though they also resemble the Pixies of Britain's West Country. The term is in general use throughout France, though th ...
Aircraft first flown in 1953