Stampe et Vertongen ST.26
Stampe et Vertongen · Belgium · first flew 1932 · light aircraft
The Stampe et Vertongen ST.26 was a 1930s Belgian military blind- and night-flying trainer aircraft.
Recognition (WEFT)
| W — Wings | Mid-mounted, straight |
|---|---|
| E — Engines | 1 × piston, nose-mounted |
| F — Fuselage | 8.3 m fuselage |
| T — Tail | Conventional |
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Spot it by:
- single-bay biplane with equal-span, staggered, rectangular wings
- Armstrong Siddeley Lynx radial in the nose under a narrow Townend ring
- tandem cockpits with a long cut-out in the upper trailing edge for the forward cockpit
The wings have 300 mm of stagger and are braced by forward-leaning parallel interplane struts, with ailerons on both upper and lower wings. The tail is conventional, with a semi-elliptical tailplane on top of the fuselage.
Specifications
- The Stampe et Vertongen ST.26 has a length of 8.3 m (27 ft).
- It has a wingspan of 10.27 m (34 ft).
- Its maximum speed is 175 km/h (109 mph).
- Typical crew: 2.
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History
It was one of a long line of biplanes designed by Stampe et Vertongen with design input from Renard. Its type number recorded wing area in square metres, and it first flew in 1932.
Variants
Its immediate predecessor was the 1929 RSV.28/180 Type III, or RSV.28-PSV, and the ST.26 had a reduced wing area and a different engine.
Where you'll see it
The student's cockpit had a totally enclosing blind flying hood. For night-flying training it carried electric searchlights and droppable flares under student control.
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