Jodel D.11

D.11
SAN Jodel D.117
Role Trainer/tourer
Manufacturer Jodel and others
Designer Jean Délémontez
First flight 4 April 1950
Developed from Jodel D9
Variants Falconar F11 Sporty

The Jodel D.11 is a French two-seat monoplane designed and developed by Société Avions Jodel in response to a French government request for a low-wing aircraft for use by the nation's many emerging flying clubs.

History

Designers Édouard Joly and Jean Délémontez based the design on two of their earlier projects; they combined the wing of the projected D.10 with a lengthened and widened version of the D.9 fuselage. The first example flew on 4 April 1950. Of conventional tailwheel configuration, the D11 featured a fixed, spatted undercarriage, and accommodated pilot and passenger side-by-side. The wing panels outboard of the landing gear struts had a marked dihedral. Various powerplants were installed, typically Salmson 9, Continental A65 or Continental C90. The aircraft uses all-wood construction with a single piece box-spar.[1]

D.11s were licence-built by a number of manufacturers in Europe and elsewhere, including Wassmer, Aero Difusión, and Falconar. Many examples were also home-built with plans provided by Falconar.[2]

Variants

A homebuilt Falconar F11-3 using plans from Falconar of Canada which were based on the Jodel D.11
D.11
original version with a 45 Salmson 9Adb engine.
D.111
D.11 with a 75 hp (56 kW) Minié 4.DC engine, built by Jodel.
D.112
D.11 with a 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A65 engine, built by Wassmer (Société Wassmer), SAN (Société Aeronautique Normande), Valledeau, Denize and amateur constructors. Amateur-built versions can be powered by engines from 65 to 120 hp (48 to 89 kW). The 90 hp (67 kW) Continental C90 has been used.[3]
D.112A
D.112D
D.112V
D.113
D.11 with a 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200-A engine, amateur-built.
D.114
D.11 with a 70 hp (52 kW) Minié 4.DA.28 engine, amateur-built.
D.115
D.11 with a 75 hp (56 kW) Mathis 4G-F-60 engine, amateur-built.
D.116
D.11 with a 60 hp (45 kW) Salmson 9ADr engine, amateur-built.
D.117
D.11 with a 90 hp (67 kW) Continental C90 engine and revised electrics, 223 built by SAN.
D.117A - Alpavia built D.117
D118
D11 with a 60 hp (45 kW) Walter Mikron II engine, amateur-built.
D119
amateur-built D.117
D.119D
D.119DA
D.119V
Wassmer Jodel D.120A Paris-Nice
D.120
Wassmer built D.117 named the Paris-Nice, 337 built Powerplant Continental C90.
D.120A - (with airbrakes)
D.120R - ((Remorqueur) Glider Tug)
D.120AR - (Glider Tug with airbrakes)
D.121
D.11 with a 75 hp (56 kW) Continental A75 engine, amateur-built.
D.122
D.11 with a 75 hp (56 kW) Praga engine, amateur-built.
D.123
D.11 with a 85 hp (63 kW) Salmson 5Ap.01 engine, amateur-built.
D.124
D.11 with a 80 hp (60 kW) Salmson 5Aq.01 engine, amateur-built.
D.125
D.11 with a 90 hp (67 kW) Kaiser engine, amateur-built.
D.126
D.11 with a 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85 engine, amateur-built.
EAC D.127
D.112 with a sliding canopy and DR.100 undercarriage; (EAC - Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques et Commerciales).[4]
EAC D.128
D.119 with a sliding canopy and DR.100 undercarriage; (EAC - Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques et Commerciales).[4]
D.11 Spécial
Falconar F11
Canadian homebuilt derivative design[5]
Uetz U2V
Straight winged D119 built in Switzerland by Walter Uetz Flugzeugbau
Aero Difusión D-11 Compostela
Aero Difusión D-112 Popuplane
Aero Difusión D-119 Popuplane
Aero Difusión D-1190S Compostela
68 built
Blenet RB.01 Jozé
Derivatives of the D.112 designed by Roger Blenet Powered by Continental A65-8F engines, two known

Specifications (typical D.11 with Continental O-200 engine)

General characteristics

Performance

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

  1. "What kind of airplane would you build?". Air Progress Sport Aircraft: 45. Winter 1969.
  2. "Ceasarian Jodel". Sport Aviation. January 1971.
  3. Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 94. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  4. 1 2 Gaillard, Pierre (1990). Les Avions Francaisde 1944 a 1964. Paris: Editions EPA. ISBN 2 85120 350 9.
  5. Air Trails: 8. Winter 1971. Missing or empty |title= (help)

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