Summary
The Brochet MB.70 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in France in the early 1950s for recreational flying and amateur construction.
| MB.70 Series | |
|---|---|
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| The Brochet MB.76 at Chavenay airfield near Paris in June 1967 | |
| Role | Sports plane |
| Manufacturer | Brochet |
| Designer | Maurice Brochet |
| First flight | 28 January 1950[1] |
| Number built | 8 |
Design and development edit
It was a high-wing braced monoplane of conventional configuration that seated the pilot and passenger in tandem within a fully enclosed cabin. It was fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage layout and was of all-wooden construction. Progress was hastened by the publication of a Service de l'Aviation Légère et Sportive requirement for a new light aircraft for French aeroclubs, and a series of development machines were built with a variety of different engines, eventually leading to the definitive Brochet MB.80.[2]
Variants edit
- MB.70 - prototype powered by Salmson 9Adb radial (1 built)
- MB.71 - version with Minié 4.DC.32 engine (1 built)
- MB.72 - version with Continental A65 horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (5 built)
- MB.73 - version with Continental A65-85 horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (1 converted from the MB.70)
- MB.76 - version with Continental C90-14F horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (1 built)
Units using this aircraft edit
Private and club pilots
Specifications (MB.72) edit
Data from The Aircraft of the World[3]
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 6.50 m (21 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 10.52 m (34 ft 6 in)
- Height: 2.49 m (8 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 14.0 m2 (151 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 372 kg (820 lb)
- Gross weight: 570 kg (1,257 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65 , 48 kW (65 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 163 km/h (101 mph, 88 kn)
- Cruise speed: 140 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
- Rate of climb: 4.0 m/s (780 ft/min)
References edit
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Green, William; Pollinger, Gerald (1965). The Aircraft of the World (3rd ed.). London: Macdonald & Co. (Publishers).
- de Narbonne, Roland (January 2010). "Janvier 1950, dans l'aéronautique française: Et le gagnant est...un planeur". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 482. pp. 75–79.
- Simpson, Rod (2005). The General Aviation Handbook. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-222-5.
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 215.
- World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 99.