The Potez X was a French 1920s general-purpose colonial transport aircraft designed and built by Potez.
Development
The Potez X was a three-engined biplane with a fixed nosewheel landing gear supplemented with a tailskid.
The first variant was the
Potez X A which was powered by three 140 hp (104 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8Aa piston engines, two strut-mounted between the upper and lower wings and one nose-mounted.
It had an enclosed cabin for 10 passengers with the pilot in an open cockpit behind the cabin.
Later the engines were changed to more powerful Hispano-Suiza 8Ab versions.
Two other variants were built with 280 hp (209 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8Bec engines, the
X B was a military variant and the
X C a commercial variant.
The Potez X formed the basis of two similar airliners in the Potez XVIII and Potez XXII.
Variants
- XA
- Original commercial variant with three Hispano-Suiza 8Aa piston engines.
- XB
- Military variant with Hispano-Suiza 8Fb engines.
- XC
- Civil variant with Hispano-Suiza 8Bec engines.
Specifications (Potez X A)
Notes
[Orbis 1985, p. 2760]
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