SAN Jodel D.150 Mascaret

Jodel D.150 Mascaret
D.150 at Cranfield
Role Two-seat light aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer Société Aeronautique Normande (SAN)
First flight 2 June 1962
Introduction 1963
Number built 62 (Factory built)

100+ (homebuilt)


The Jodel D.150 Mascaret is a French two-seat single-engined light aircraft of the 1960s built by Société Aeronautique Normande (SAN) as a replacement for the earlier Jodel D11 trainer/tourer aircraft.

Development and design

In 1961, Jean Délémontez designed a two-seat light aircraft for the Société Aeronautique Normande (SAN) at Bernay in Normandy to replace his earlier Jodel D.11, which SAN (amongst other manufacturers) were building to meet a requirement for aircraft to equip flying clubs subsidised by the French government. Délémontez based the new design on his three–four seat Jodel Ambassadeur, (also being built by SAN), with a reduced span wing and shorter fuselage.[1][2]

The new aircraft, the D.150 Grand Tourisme,[3] first flew on 2 June 1962, production beginning (as the D.150 Mascaret- named after a tidal bore[2]) in 1963.[1]

Like all the light aircraft that Délémontez designed under the Jodel and Robin names, the D.150 is a low-winged monoplane of wooden construction, with distinctive upturned outer wings. The D-150 was the first Jodel fitted with an all-moving tail, later fitted on larger models such as DR-1051 model (Sicile Record). It has a fixed tailwheel undercarriage, with its crew of two sitting side-by-side under a two door canopy. It was offered with the same range of engines as the larger Ambassadeur, giving a good performance for a two-seat trainer/tourer.[1][2][4]

Operational history

Sixty-two D.150s had been built by 1969, when SAN went into liquidation, the factory being brought by Avions Mudry.[2][5] Plans for homebuilt construction of the Mascaret remain available, over 100 having been built.[2][6]

Variants

D.150 Mascaret
Basic version, powered by 75 kW (100 hp) Rolls-Royce Continental O-200 engine, 44 factory built.[7]
D.150A Mascaret
Version powered by 78 kW (105 hp) Potez 4E engine, 17 factory built.[7]

Specifications (D.150 100 hp Continental)

Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66 [8]

General characteristics

Performance


Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Taylor 1965, p.53.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Mc Shane, Adrian. "The Jodel D150". jodel.com. Retrieved 22 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Donald 1997, p.796.
  4. ↑ Harrison 1964, pp. 260–262.
  5. ↑ Gunston 2005, p.408.
  6. ↑ Taylor 1999, p.541.
  7. 1 2 Simpson 1991, pp.283-284
  8. ↑ Taylor 1965 pp. 53–54.

References

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  • Gunston, Bill. World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Stroud, UK: Sutton Publishing, Second edition, 2005. ISBN 0-7509-3981-8.
  • Harrison, Neil. "In The Air:No. 188: Jodel D.150 Mascaret". Flight International, 13 August 1964, pp. 260–262.
  • Simpson, R.W. Airlife's General Aviation, Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing, 1991. ISBN 1-85310-194-X
  • Taylor, John W. R. Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1965-66. London: Samson Low, Marston, 1965.
  • Taylor, Michael J.H. Brassey's World Aircraft & Systems Directory 1999/2000. London: Brassey's, 1999. ISBN 1-85753-245-7.
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