SABCA S.2

The SABCA S.2 was an airliner built in Belgium in 1926.

S.2
Role	Airliner
National origin	Belgium
Manufacturer	SABCA
First flight	1926 (1926)
Introduction	1926
Primary user	SABENA
Number built	1

Design and development

The S.2 was a conventional, high-wing cantilever monoplane with fixed, tailskid undercarriage. The flight deck was open, but the passenger cabin was fully enclosed. Power was provided by a single engine in the nose, driving a two-blade propeller, and whose exhaust was collected in a single stack that extended up over the wing. Metal was construction throughout, with corrugated skin. Only a single example was built, which served with SABENA.

Specifications

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928.

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Capacity: 4 pax
• Length: 9.75 m (32 ft 0 in)
• Wingspan: 14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
• Height: 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 39 m² (420 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,230 kg (2,712 lb)
• Gross weight: 2,000 kg (4,409 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Siddeley Puma 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
  
• Landing speed: 80 km/h (50 mph; 43 kn)
• Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
• Wing loading: 51.5 kg/m² (10.5 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 13.598 kg/kW (17.6 lb/hp)

References

• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.