Tellier T.2

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Tellier T.2
Role Patrol flying-boat
National origin France
Manufacturer / Voisin
Designer Alphonse Tellier
First flight June 1916
Number built 1
Developed into Tellier T.3

The Tellier T.2 was a French two-seat patrol biplane flying-boat built by (hull) and Voisin (wings). The wooden-hull flying boat used a 150 kW (200 hp) Hispano-Suiza 8Ba engine and was first flown in June 1916.[1]

Test flights were successful, which led to orders for an improved variant, the Tellier T.3, the T.2 was destroyed in 1916, after an engine failed in flight, due to carburetor failure.[1][2]

Specifications[]

Data from French aircraft of the First World War[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 11.84 m (38 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 15.6 m (51 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 47 m2 (510 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,750 kg (3,858 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Ba V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 150 kW (200 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
  • Range: 700 km (430 mi, 380 nmi)
  • Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 6 minutesd 30 seconds

References[]

  1. ^ a b Treadwell, Terry C (2013). British and Allied Aircraft Manufacturers of the First World War. Amberley Publishing Limited. ISBN 9781445620091.
  2. ^ a b Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur M. French aircraft of the First World War. Flying Machines Press. p. 529. ISBN 1891268090.
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