title: Roussel R-30
text: # Roussel R-30
  
  The Roussel R-30 was a French light fighter-bomber prototype of the 1930s.
  
  ## Design and development
  
  Only one prototype, similar to the Bloch MB.150 but reduced in size and weight, was constructed in 1938 armed with two 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannons. Whilst being re-engined with a 600 kW (800 hp) power plant, the German invasion reached Paris. The airframe was transported to Bordeaux, where the sole R-30 was destroyed when the building it was being stored in was destroyed in a blaze.
  
  ## Specifications
  
  Data from The Complete Book of Fighters
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 1
  * Length: 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)
  * Wingspan: 7.72 m (25 ft 4 in)
  * Height: 2.10 m (6 ft 11 in)
  * Wing area: 10 $m^2$ (110 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 1,030 kg (2,271 lb)
  * Max takeoff weight: 1,768 kg (3,898 lb)
  * Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-Rhône 14M-7 14-cyl air-cooled radial piston engine, 510 kW (690 hp)
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 520 km/h (320 mph, 280 kn) at 5,800 m (19,000 ft)
  * Range: 1,200 km (750 mi, 650 nmi)
  * Endurance: 2 hours
  * Rate of climb: 19 m/s (3,700 ft/min)
  
  Armament
  
  * Guns: 2x 20 mm (0.787 in) Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon
  * Bombs: 1× 250 kg (550 lb) bomb
  