SET 10

Manufacturer: SET
Designed by: 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.

Specifications (planned production version)

Data from Ion Gudju, Gheorghe Iacobescu, Ovidiu Ionescu: Romanian aeronautical constructions 1905-1974

General characteristics

Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
Length: 7.30 m (23 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 9.46 m (31 ft 0 in)
Height: 2.73 m (9 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 22.0 m² (236 ft²)
Empty weight: 548 kg (1,208 lb)
Gross weight: 800 kg (1,763 lb)
Powerplant: 1 x— de Havilland Gipsy Major, 97 kW (130 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 180 km/h (111 mph)
Range: 500 km (310 miles)
Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 352.
Aviatia magazine website
Ion Gudju, Gheorghe Iacobescu, Ovidiu Ionescu: Romanian aeronautical constructions 1905-1974

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