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User:Nigel Ish/Sandbox Jodel Ambassadeur

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Ambassadeur
Role Three/four seat light aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer Centre-Est Aeronautique/Société Aeronautique Normande
First flight 14 July 1958
Produced 1958–1966
Number built 634 factory built[1]
Developed from Jodel D.11

The Jodel Ambassadeur is a French three/four seat single-engined light aircraft of the 1950s and 60s. A number of versions of the aircraft were built, both by Pierre Robin's Centre-Est Aeronautique and by Société Aeronautique Normande, with well over 400 examples being built.

Design and development

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A Jodel DR 1050 on Southport beach

In the late 1950s, Pierre Robin, a French flying instructor, was interested in building a three-seat version of the Jodel D11 light aircraft. The result of a collaboration between Robin and the designer of the Jodel, Jean Delemontez was the Jodel DR.100 Ambassadeur,[2] which made its maiden flight on 14 July 1958.[3]

The Ambassadeur was certified on 10 July 1959,[3] entering production both at Robin's own company, Centre-Est Aeronautique at Dijon and under license by Société Aeronautique Normande at Bernay.

Variants

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DR.100
Original version with 90 horsepower (67 kW)* Continental C90 engine.[2] 10 built by CEA[4] and about 250 by SAN by 1961.[5]
DR.1050
Improved version with 100 horsepower (75 kW)* Continental O-200 engine.[2][6]
DR.1051
Version of DR.1050 with 105 horsepower (78 kW)* Potez 4E engine.[2][3]
 
DR.1052
DR.1052 Excellence
Modified version of DR.1050 built by SAN, with modified tail and available with O-200 or Potez 4E engines.[7]

Specifications (DR 1051M Sicile Record)

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Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67[8]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 2/3 passengers
  • Length: 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.72 m (28 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
  • Wing area: 13.60 m2 (146.4 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 5.61:1
  • Airfoil: NACA 23012
  • Empty weight: 440 kg (970 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Potez 4E-20 air-cooled flat-four piston engine, 78 kW (105 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 255 km/h (158 mph, 138 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 235 km/h (146 mph, 127 kn) at 2,000 m (6,500 ft)
  • Stall speed: 87 km/h (54 mph, 47 kn)
  • Never exceed speed: 270 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
  • Range: 1,050 km (650 mi, 570 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 3.70 m/s (728 ft/min)

Notes

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  1. ^ Gebhardt, Lutz. "A list of the Jodel DR.100 series aircraft". Gebhardt Aviation Pages. November 2000. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  2. ^ a b c d Teijgeler, Hans. "The Jodel DR100 Series". Jodel.com. Retrieved 3 March 2012.
  3. ^ a b c Taylor 1965, p. 35.
  4. ^ Donald 1997, p. 775.
  5. ^ Taylor 1961, p. 65.
  6. ^ Taylor 1961, p. 45.
  7. ^ Taylor 1965, p. 54.
  8. ^ Taylor 1966, p. 36.

References

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  • Donald, David. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Leicester: Blitz Editions, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
  • Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1961.
  • Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965–66. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1965.
  • Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1966–67. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company, 1966.
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