title: Wibault 360
text: # Wibault 360
  
  The Wibault 360 was a 1930s French five-passenger airliner designed and built by the Wibault company.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  The Wibault 360 was a low-wing monoplane powered by a 230 hp (172 kW) Salmson 9Ab radial engine and equipped with conventional landing gear. The design was based on the earlier three-engined Wibault 283 but the 360 was smaller and had an enclosed cabin for a pilot and five passengers. The prototype, designated the 360T5, first flew in August 1931. A number of variants were built with different engines, the last of the series was the Wib.366 designed to compete in the 1934 London to Melbourne air race.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### 360T5
  
      Prototype with a 230 hp (172 kW) Salmson 9Ab radial engine, one built.
  
  ### 362
  
      Variant powered by a 300 hp (224 kW) Gnome-Rhône 7Kb engine, two built in 1933.
  
  ### 365
  
      Six-seat variant powered by a 500 hp (373 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Kbrs radial engine, one built in 1933.
  
  ### 366
  
      Variant for the MacRobertson Air Race powered by a 500 hp (373 kW) Hispano-Suiza 12Ybrs engine, it had a cruising speed of 250 km/h (155 mph), it did not take part in the race.
  
  ### 367
  
      The Wibault 365 modified with a retractable landing gear.
  
  ## Specifications (360 T.5)
  
  Data from Air Transport: The Wibault Penhoet 360 T.5 Monoplane
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Capacity: 4 passengers
  * Length: 11.18 m (36 ft 8 in)
  * Wingspan: 16.97 m (55 ft 8 in)
  * Height: 2.94 m (9 ft 8 in)
  * Wing area: 31.8 $m^2$ (342 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 1,272 kg (2,804 lb)
  * Gross weight: 1,900 kg (4,189 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Salmson radial engine, 170 kW (230 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 203 km/h (126 mph, 110 kn) at sea level
  * Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  