Abraham Iris

Abraham Iris
General information
Type	Touring aircraft
Manufacturer	Abraham
History
Manufactured	1930s

The Abraham Iris was a two-seat touring airplane produced in France in the early 1930s in two slightly different versions, the Iris I with a 75 kW (100 hp) Hispano-Suiza piston engine,[1] and the Iris II with a Renault engine.[2] The Iris was a conventional parasol wing monoplane with a neatly faired-in engine.

Specifications (Iris II)

Data from Aviafrance : Abraham AS-2 'Iris' II[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 6.87 m (22 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
• Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
• Empty weight: 467 kg (1,030 lb)
• Gross weight: 760 kg (1,676 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Renault 4Pb 4-cylinder air-cooled in-line piston engine, 71 kW (95 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
• Range: 400 km (250 mi, 220 nmi)
• Wing loading: 51 kg/m^2 (10 lb/sq ft) ^[citation needed]
• Power/mass: 0.099 kW/kg (0.06 hp/lb)^[citation needed]

References

1. Parmentier, Bruno (12 January 2004). "Abraham AS-2 'Iris' I". Avuiafrance (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2020.
2. Parmentier, Bruno (20 April 2000). "Abraham AS-2 'Iris' II". Avuiafrance (in French). Retrieved 15 June 2020.

External links

• "L'avion léger Abraham "Iris I"" (pdf). Les Ailes (in French). Vol. 10, no. 467. 29 May 1930. p. 3. Retrieved 15 June 2020.