The Brochet MB.70 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in
France in the early 1950s for recreational flying and amateur construction.
Design and development
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
Undercarriage is the part of a moving vehicle that is underneath the main body of the vehicle. The term originally applied to this part of a horse-drawn carriage, and usage has since broadened to include:
*The landing gear of an aircraft.
*The ch ...
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
The Brochet MB.80 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in France in the early 1950s.
Design and development
The MB.80 was a derivative of the Brochet MB.70, using essentially the same airframe, but with a redesigned wider fuselage and revised ...
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Variants
* MB.70 - prototype powered by
Salmson 9 Salmson 9 can refer to:
* 9-cylinder Salmson water-cooled aero-engines from 1908 until 1920
*9-cylinder Salmson air-cooled aero-engines of 1917 onwards
*9-cylinder Salmson air-cooled aero-engines of 1920 onwards
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Adb 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
Private and club pilots
Specifications (MB.72)
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1950s French sport aircraft
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Aircraft first flown in 1950