Wibault 360

Wibault 360
	Wibault 365
Role	Airliner
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Wibault
Designer	Michel Wibault
First flight	1931

The Wibault 360 was a 1930s French five-passenger airliner designed and built by the Wibault company.^[1]

Design and development

The Wibault 360 was a low-wing monoplane powered by a 230 hp (172 kW) Salmson 9Ab radial engine and equipped with conventional landing gear.^[1] The design was based on the earlier three-engined Wibault 283 but the 360 was smaller and had an enclosed cabin for a pilot and five passengers.^[1] The prototype, designated the 360T5, first flew in August 1931.^[1] A number of variants were built with different engines, the last of the series was the Wib.366 designed to compete in the 1934 London to Melbourne air race.^[1]

Variants

360T5: Prototype with a 230 hp (172 kW) Salmson 9Ab radial engine, one built.^[1]
362: Variant powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) Gnome-Rhône 7Kb engine, two built in 1933.^[1]
365: Six-seat variant powered by a 500 hp (373 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Kbrs radial engine, one built in 1933.^[1]
366: Variant for the MacRobertson Air Race powered by a 500 hp (373 kW) Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs engine, it had a cruising speed of 250 km/h (155 mph),^[1] it did not take part in the race.
367: The Wibault 365 modified with a retractable landing gear.^[1]

Specifications (360 T.5)

Data from Air Transport: The Wibault Penhoet 360 T.5 Monoplane^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Capacity: 4 passengers
Length: 11.18 m (36 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 16.97 m (55 ft 8 in)
Height: 2.94 m (9 ft 8 in)
Wing area: 31.8 m² (342 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,272 kg (2,804 lb)
Gross weight: 1,900 kg (4,189 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Salmson radial engine, 170 kW (230 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 203 km/h (126 mph, 110 kn) at sea level
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)

References

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Orbis 1985, p. 3097
^ Flight 26 February 1932.

Bibliography

"Air Transport: The Wibault Penhoet 360 T.5 Monoplane". Flight. Vol. XXIV, no. 9. 26 February 1932. pp. 175–176.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
Lacaze, Henri (2016). Les avions Louis Breguet Paris [The Aircraft of Louis Breguet, Paris] (in French). Vol. 2: le règne du monoplan. Le Vigen, France. ISBN 978-2-914017-89-3.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[orbis-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j Orbis 1985, p. 3097

[Flight32_p175-6-2] Flight 26 February 1932.

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