page_title: SPCA Météore 63
section_title: Specifications
hierarchical_section_title: SPCA Météore 63 / Specifications
caption_attribution_description: English: SPCA 63 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft Circular No.41
context_page_description: The SPCA Météore 63 was a flying boat built in France in the 1920s for use as an airliner. It was the first product of the SPCA company, founded by Laurent-Dominique Santoni when he left CAMS in 1925. The Météore was a conventional biplane design for its day, with single-bay wings of unequal span braced with struts and wire. The lower wing was mounted to the top of the aircraft's hull, with trusswork above it that carried three engines mounted tractor-fashion in the interplane gap. The lower wing also carried outrigger pontoons near its tips. The empennage was of conventional design, with the stabilizer carried part-way up the fin. The flight deck was open but the separate cabin, with seating for six passengers, was fully enclosed within the hull and electrically heated. The structure was of timber throughout except for the struts that carried the engines, which were steel tube. The wings were covered in fabric.
  In 1926, SPCA entered a Météore in a competition for transport seaplanes organised by the French Undersecretariat for Aeronautics, the Grand Prix des Hydravions de Transport Multimoteurs. Piloted by Ernest Burri, the Météore won first place and a FF 100,000 prize.
context_section_description: Data from Parmentier 1998
  General characteristics
  Capacity: six passengers
  Length: 13.05 m (42 ft 10 in)
  Wingspan: 21.20 m (69 ft 4 in)
  Height: 5.21 m (17 ft 1 in)
  Wing area: 103.0 m² (1,108 sq ft)
  Empty weight: 3,400 kg (7,480 lb)
  Gross weight: 5,200 kg (9,240 lb)
  Powerplant: 3 × Hispano-Suiza 8Ac , 130 kW (180 hp) each
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 167 km/h (104 mph, 90 kn)
  Range: 970 km (606 mi, 527 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
caption: SPCA 63 3-view drawing from NACA Aircraft Circular No.41
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