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1 × Salmson 9AB 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Single source1 × Salmson 9AB 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp)[source]
Service ceiling
Single source5,000 m (16,000 ft)[source]
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Configuration
| Specification | Morane-Saulnier MS.230 | Schweizer X-26 Frigate |
|---|---|---|
| Type | Elementary Trainer[source] | Research and training aircraft[source] |
| Manufacturer | Morane-Saulnier[source] | Schweizer[source] |
| Primary user | Armée de l'Air Flight School, Reims, France[source] | United States Navy[source] |
| Number built | 1000+[source] | 7?[source] |
| First flight | February 1929[source] | July 1967[source] |
| Fuel capacity | 220 L (58 US gal; 48 imp gal) jettison-able fuselage tank with a 22 L (5.8 US gal; 4.8 imp gal) centre-section gravity tank[source] | — |
| Propellers | 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller[source] | — |
| Never exceed speed | 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)[source] | — |
| Time to altitude | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 11 minutes 18 seconds[source] | — |
| Wing loading | 61.3 kg/m 2 (12.6 lb/sq ft)[source] | 7.9 lb/sq ft (39 kg/m 2 )[source] |
| Power/mass | 0.1429 kW/kg (0.0869 hp/lb)[source] | 0.07 hp/lb (0.12 kW/kg)[source] |
| National origin | — | United States[source] |
| Designer | — | Ernie and William Schweizer[source] |
| Developed from | — | Schweizer SGS 2-32[source] |
| Status | — | 1: Unknown. #2 Operational as a glider at Mile High Gliding[source] |
| Introduction date | — | 1967[source] |
| Retired | — | 1969 as X-26B[source] |
| Wing aspect ratio | — | 18[source] |
| Rate of sink | — | 0.6 m/s (120 ft/min)[source] |