ReconnaissanceFrench reconnaissance flying boat in service 1935-1944
Potez 452
The Potez 452 was a French flying boat designed and built by Potez in response to a French Navy specification for a shipboard reconnaissance machine for use on its battleships and cruisers.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Chantiers Aéro-Maritimes de la Seine
- Category
- Reconnaissance
- First flight
- 1932-04-01
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 92 kt
- Max speed
- 117 kt
- Range
- 270 nm
- Service ceiling
- 18,040 ft
- Max takeoff weight
- 3,858 lb
- Empty weight
- 2,429 lb
- Powerplant
- Hispano-Suiza 9Qd
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 33.6 ft
- Wingspan
- 42.6 ft
- Height
- 11 ft
- Number built
- 16
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.