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The SNCASO SO.1310 Farfadet was an experimental
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
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