The Renard R.30 was a prototype trimotor airliner built in Belgium in 1931.[1] It was a strut-braced high-wing monoplane of conventional design with a fully enclosed flight deck and separate passenger compartment.[2] One engine was mounted on the nose, while the other two were mounted on the leading edges of the wings.[2] Construction was metal throughout, skinned in plywood and fabric.[2]
The R.30 was designed in response to a Belgian government requirement of 1929 for a long-range passenger transport aircraft to service Belgian Congo.[2] The design met the specifications laid down, but by the time it flew in 1931, it was judged already obsolete.[2] The single prototype, registered OO-AMK, was the only example built.[2]
Specifications
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1931[3][4]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Capacity: 6 pax
Length: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 15 m (49 ft 3 in)
Height: 3.4 m (11 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 34 m2 (370 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,167 kg (2,573 lb)
Gross weight: 2,050 kg (4,519 lb)
Fuel capacity: 276 kg (608 lb)
Powerplant: 3 × Renard Type 120 5-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engines, 89 kW (120 hp) each at 1,750 rpm; 100 kW (140 hp) at 1900 rpm for take-off
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propellers, 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in) diameter