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with a track of 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in), its wheels fitted with brakes. Upward sloping half-axles met centrally under the fuselage at the vertex of a transverse V-strut and, on each side, a faired, long displacement
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The French R.2 specification of 1928 called for an all-metal two seat reconnaissance aircraft, fast and with a rapid climb rate and large radius of action. It led to prototypes from eight manufacturers, the
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Wibault 260's first flight is not known but it was flying by mid-1930. In early November 1930 Ribière gave a "trés belle" (very fine) demonstration of it at
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curved around the underside of the forward fuselage at the rear of the engine. A 500 L (110 imp gal; 130 US gal) fuel tank was behind the
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and a faired drag strut, both from the lower fuselage longeron, carried the outer end of the axle. The tailskid also had an oleo strut.
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French reconnaissance aircraft prototype of around 1930
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436:"Le concours des biplaces de grande reconnaissance"
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173:out to blunt tips, with most of the sweep on the
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511:"Le biplace de reconnaissance Wibault 260 R.2"
273:The Wibault 260 had fixed, conventional steel
258:could be adjusted in flight by the pilot. The
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871:Single-engined tractor aircraft
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876:Aircraft first flown in 1930
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493:"L'avion Michel Wibault"
317:General characteristics
107:reconnaissance aircraft
41:reconnaissance aircraft
586:(124): 48. March 1930.
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866:Parasol-wing aircraft
825:Vickers Wibault Scout
312:Les Ailes August 1930
734:Wibault 170 Tornade
239:firing through the
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256:angle of incidence
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124:Breguet 33
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694:Wib 10/II
537:Les Ailes
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310:Data from
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159:monoplane
120:Amiot 130
72:Designer
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580:"Avions"
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564:18 June
342:Height:
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161:with a
689:Wib 10
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397:Range:
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113:Design
56:France
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