Dewoitine P-3
{{Short description|Single-seat French glider, 1923}}
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The Dewoitine P-3 was a glider designed by Emile Dewoitine and built by Constructions Aéronautiques Émile Dewoitine in the early 1920s.
Designa and development
The P-3 was an early glider from France, built almost exclusively fromwood with fabric covering those parts not skinned in ply veneer. The airframe was simple with rectangular section fuselage, one-piece wing sat on top, an all flying tailplane for pitch control with a rectangular fin and large rudder. The undercarriage consisted of a tail-skid and two mainwheels partially housed in the fuselage on both sides. The pilot sat in an open cockpit at the forward part of the wing centre-section, with an opening in the wing skin for his/her head.
Operational history
Specifications
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|ref=aviafrance : Dewoitine P-3,{{cite web |last1=Parmentier |first1=Bruno |title=Dewoitine P-3 |url=https://www.aviafrance.com/aviafrance1.php?ID=4504&ID_CONSTRUCTEUR=423&ANNEE=0&ID_MISSION=0&MOTCLEF= |website=Aviafrance |accessdate=3 February 2019 |location=Paris |language=fr |date=27 May 1998}} letectvi.cz : Dewoitine P-3{{cite web |title=Dewoitine P-3 |url=http://www.cs-letectvi.cz/letadla/dewoitine-p-3 |website=www.cs-letectvi.cz |accessdate=3 February 2019 |location=prague |language=Czech}}
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|empty weight kg=110
|gross weight kg=180
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References
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External links
- [https://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=484 Planeurs.net Dewoitine P-3]
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Category:1920s French sailplanes