| Manufacturer |
SNCASO |
Showa Aircraft Industry |
| Description |
The SNCASO SO.4000 was an experimental French twin-engine bomber of the 1950s. |
The Shōwa L2D and Nakajima L2D, given the designations Shōwa Navy Type 0 Transport and Nakajima Navy Type 0 Transport(零式輸送機), were license-built versions of the Douglas DC-3. |
| First Flight |
1951-03-15 |
1939-10-01 |
| Entry Into service |
|
1939-01-01 |
| Designer |
SNCASO |
Showa Aircraft Industry |
| Length (m) |
19.75 |
19.507 |
| Height (m) |
|
7.46 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
3 |
| Max Seating |
|
21 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
850 |
393 |
| Cruise Speed (km/h) |
|
241 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
|
10500 |
| Armament |
2x20mm wingtip-mounted machine guns (planned); Up to 3,600 kg (1,800 kg internal, 1,800 kg external) |
1x flexible 13 mm Type 2 machine gun and 2x 7.7 mm Type 92 machine guns (L2D4, L2D4-1 and L2D5) |
| Capacity Description |
|
21 pax / 4500 kg cargo |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
0.78 |
|
| National Origin |
France |
|
| Number Built |
1 |
487 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Rolls-Royce Nene 102 turbojet |
2 × Mitsubishi MK8 Kinsei 43 14-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 746 kW (1000 hp) each |
| Status |
Cancelled |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNCASO_SO.4000 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Showa/Nakajima_L2D |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
17.86 |
18.956 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
75 |
91.6 |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |