SFAN 5

{{short description|1930s French aircraft}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Use British English|date=December 2016}}

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|name=SFAN 5

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}}{{Infobox aircraft type

|type=Training ultralight aircraft

|national origin=France

|manufacturer=SFAN

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|first flight =1936

|number built =1

|unit cost=

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The SFAN 5 was a two-seat French motor-glider built in the late 1930s.

Specifications

{{Aircraft specs

|ref=,{{cite web |title=SFAN 5 |url=https://www.j2mcl-planeurs.net/dbj2mcl/planeurs-machines/planeur-fiche_0int.php?code=1124 |website=j2mcl-planeurs.net |accessdate=26 February 2019 |language=Fr}} Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1937{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1937 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1937 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |editor2-last=Bridgman|editor2-first=Leonard |pages=155c–156c}}

|prime units?=met

|crew=2

|length m=7.05

|span m=12.5

|span note=({{cvt|10.3|m}})

|height m=

|wing area sqm=18

|wing area note= ({{cvt|16.2|m2}})

|aspect ratio=

|airfoil=

|empty weight kg=285

|gross weight kg=500

|max takeoff weight kg=

|fuel capacity=

|more general=

|eng1 number=1

|eng1 name=Train 4T

|eng1 type=4-cylinder inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine

|eng1 hp=60

|prop blade number=2

|prop name=fixed-pitch pusher propeller

|prop dia m=

|prop dia ft=

|prop dia in=

|prop dia note=

|max speed kmh=115

|cruise speed kmh=120

|cruise speed note=

  • Landing speed: {{cvt|45|km/h|mph kn}}

|stall speed kmh=

|never exceed speed kmh=

|range km=450

|endurance=

|ceiling m=

|g limits=

|roll rate=

|climb rate ms=

|time to altitude={{cvt|1000|m}} in 6 minutes

|wing loading kg/m2=30.8

|fuel consumption kg/km=

|power/mass={{cvt|18.37|lb/hp|order=flip}}

|more performance=

}}

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