| Manufacturer |
Société des Avions René Couzinet |
Société des Avions René Couzinet |
| Description |
The Couzinet 40 was a mailplane built in France in the early 1930s. |
The Couzinet 70 Arc-en-Ciel ('Rainbow') was built as a first example of the three-engined, aerodynamically refined, cantilever low wing monoplane designer René Couzinet thought offered the safest long range passenger transport, for example on the South Atlantic route. |
| First Flight |
1932-06-04 |
1928-05-07 |
| Designer |
Société des Avions René Couzinet |
René Couzinet |
| Length (m) |
16.1 |
15.45 |
| Height (m) |
4.36 |
3.9 |
| Cockpit Crew |
5 |
|
| Max Speed (km/h) |
230 |
230 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
|
180 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
|
6000 |
| National Origin |
|
France |
| Number Built |
|
1 |
| Powerplant Description |
3 × Gnome & Rhône 7Kd 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 261 kW (350 hp) each |
3 × Hispano-Suiza 8Ac water-cooled V8, 134 kW (180 hp) each |
| Primary Users |
Aéropostale |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couzinet_40 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Couzinet_10 |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
28 |
27 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
92.45 |
92.75 |
| Number of Engines |
3 |
3 |