Flight, March 1934

The S.P.C.A. 30 M.4

   THIS "multiplace de combat," manufactured by the Society Provencale de Constructions Aeronautiques, possesses a number of interesting features, the most striking of which are probably its twin fuselages. The low cantilever ДальшеMore>>> wing is in three sections, the centre section connecting the two fuselages. In the middle of the centre section is a nacelle which houses the pilots and a navigator-gunner, who is also the bomb aimer when the aircraft is equipped for bombing.
   The pilots' cockpits are in tandem and are fitted with dual controls. Aft of these cockpits is a position for a downward firing gun. This position may also accommodate the photographic equipment and bomb racks. The two engines are carried in the noses of the twin fuselages, in each of which a gun ring is fitted ait of the trailing edge of the wing. Two "droppable" fuel tanks are carried, one on each side of the central nacelle. Either Lorraine 18 Kd. 650-h.p. engines or Hispano-Suiza 12 N brs. engines of the same power may be fitted.

THE S.P.C.A. 30 M.4
   Span 86 ft. 11 in.
   Length 56 ft. 5 in.
   Height 13 ft. 5 in.
   Wing area 1,076 sq.ft.
   Weight loaded 14,300 1b.
   Wing loading 13-3 lb./sq. ft.
   Power loading 11 lb./h.p.
   Maximum speed 153-3 m.p.h.
   Landing speed 56 m.p.h.
   Climb to 6,560 ft 6 min.
   Climb to 16.400 ft. 20 min. 30 sec.
   Ceiling 24,600 ft.