SET 10
Role Trainer aircraft
Manufacturer SET
Designer Grigore Zamfirescu
First flight 1932
Primary user Romania
Number built 2

The SET 10 (unrelated to the SET X design of the same year) was a trainer aircraft produced in Romania in prototype form in the early 1930s. It was a conventional, single-bay biplane with staggered wings braced with N-struts. It was equipped with fixed tailskid undercarriage, and seated the pilot and instructor in tandem, open cockpits. Intended for Romania's aeroclubs and Air Force, no production ensued.

In 1934 the SET 10 was advertised for club trainer use with a 108 kW (145 hp) Walter Mars I nine-cylinder radial engine. This gave it a top speed of 177 km/h (110 mph; 96 kn).[1]

Specifications (Walter mars engine)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1937,[2] Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905–1974[3]

General characteristics

Performance

2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 9 minutes 3 seconds
3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 16 minutes
4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 28 minutes

Armament

References

  1. ^ "La Fabrique d'Avions SET". L'Aéro (169): 6. 30 November 1934.
  2. ^ Grey, C.G.; Bridgman, Leonard, eds. (1937). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1937. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 255c.
  3. ^ Gugju, Ion; Gheorghe Iacobescu; Ovidiu Ionescu. Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905–1974. Brasov. pp. 158–159.

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