The Potez X was a French 1920s general-purpose colonial transport aircraft designed and built by

Potez Potez (pronounced ) was a French aircraft manufacturer founded as Aéroplanes Henry Potez by Henry Potez at Aubervilliers in 1919 in aviation, 1919. The firm began by refurbishing war-surplus SEA IV aircraft, but was soon building new examples of ...

Development

The Potez X was a three-engined biplane with a fixed nosewheel landing gear supplemented with a tailskid. The first variant was the Potez X A which was powered by three 140 hp (104 kW)

Hispano-Suiza 8A The Hispano-Suiza 8 was a water-cooled V8 SOHC aero engine introduced by Hispano-Suiza in 1914, and was the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the Entente Powers during the First World War. The original Hispano-Suiza 8A ...

a piston engines, two strut-mounted between the upper and lower wings and one nose-mounted. It had an enclosed cabin for 10 passengers with the pilot in an open cockpit behind the cabin. Later the engines were changed to more powerful

b versions. Two other variants were built with 280 hp (209 kW)

Hispano-Suiza 8B The Hispano-Suiza 8 was a water-cooled V8 SOHC aero engine introduced by Hispano-Suiza in 1914, and was the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the Entente Powers during the First World War. The original Hispano-Suiza 8A ...

ec engines, the X B was a military variant and the X C a commercial variant. The Potez X formed the basis of two similar airliners in the

Potez XVIII The Potez XVIII was a French airliner from the early 1920s, a three-engine biplane carrying up to twelve passengers. Design and development The Potez XVIII airliner, displayed at the 1922 Paris Salon, was a development of the Potez X colonial ...

and

Potez XXII The Potez XVIII was a French airliner from the early 1920s, a three-engine biplane carrying up to twelve passengers. Design and development The Potez XVIII airliner, displayed at the 1922 Paris Salon, was a development of the Potez X colonial t ...

Variants

;XA :Original commercial variant with three

a piston engines. ;XB :Military variant with

Hispano-Suiza 8Fb The Hispano-Suiza 8 was a water-cooled V8 SOHC aero engine introduced by Hispano-Suiza in 1914, and was the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the Entente Powers during the First World War. The original Hispano-Suiza ...

engines. ;XC :Civil variant with

Hispano-Suiza 8Bec The Hispano-Suiza 8 was a water-cooled V8 SOHC aero engine introduced by Hispano-Suiza in 1914, and was the most commonly used liquid-cooled engine in the aircraft of the Entente Powers during the First World War. The original Hispano-Suiz ...

engines.

Specifications (Potez X A)

References

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