The Jodel D.11 is a French two-seat

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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. More than 3,000 examples have been built and flown.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 99. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.

History

Designers

Édouard Joly Édouard Joly, born in Burgundy in 1898, deceased in 1982 was a French aeroplane designer best known for his work with Jean Délémontez on the Jodel range of light aircraft. Biography Joly worked for 14 years at a company that sold and repaired ...

and

Jean Délémontez Jean Délémontez (9 June 1918 – 7 July 2015) was a French aircraft designer. He was born in Lyon in June 1918. He is best known for his work with his father-in-law, Édouard Joly, on the Jodel range of light aircraft and his collaboration with ...

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

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. The first example flew on 4 April

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. Of conventional tailwheel configuration, the D11 featured a fixed, spatted

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, 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

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, Continental O-170 or

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. The aircraft uses all-wood construction with a single piece box-spar. D.11s were licence-built by a number of manufacturers in Europe and elsewhere, including

Wassmer Wassmer was a French specialized woodworking company formed by Bernard Wassmer in 1905. It later became an aircraft manufacturer specializing in gliders. It was bought out by Issoire Aviation, a subsidiary of Siren, in 1978. Aircraft production ...

, Aero-Difusión, and

Falconar Avia Falconar Avia was a Canadian aircraft manufacturer based in Edmonton, Alberta. The company specialized in the design and manufacture of kits and plans for amateur construction.Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook'', page 1 ...

. Many examples were also home-built with plans provided by Falconar.

Variants

;D.11:original version with a 55 hp Salmson 9Adb engine. ;D.111:D.11 with a Minié 4.DC.32 engine, built by Jodel. ;D.112:D.11 with a Continental A65 engine, built by Jodel, Wassmer (Société Wassmer), SAN (

Société Aéronautique Normande Société Aéronautique Normande (SAN) was a French aircraft manufacturing business based at Bernay. It was formed in 1948 and failed in 1968. History The company was started on 1 May 1948 at Bernay-Saint-Martin by Lucien Querey. Querey was a g ...

), Valledeau, Denize and amateur constructors. Amateur-built versions can be powered by engines from . The Continental C90 has been used.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12'', page 94. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X ::D.112A ::D.112D ::D.112V ;D.113:D.11 with a

Continental O-200-A The Continental C90 and O-200 are a family of air-cooled, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder, direct-drive aircraft engines of 201 in³ (3.29 L) displacement, producing between 90 and 100 horsepower (67 and 75 kW).''Federal Aviation Admini ...

engine, amateur-built. ;D.114:D.11 with a Minié 4.DA.28 engine, amateur-built. ;D.115:D.11 with a

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engine, amateur-built. ;D.116:D.11 with a

Salmson 9ADr The Salmson 9 AD was a family of air-cooled nine cylinder radial aero-engines produced in the 1930s in France by the Société des Moteurs Salmson. Design and development The 9 AD followed Salmson practice after the First World War, of being ai ...

engine, amateur-built. ;D.117:SAN built D.11, named ''Grande Tourisme'',Jackson 1974, p. 372 223 built, powerplant Continental C90 engine and revised electrics ::D.117A - Alpavia built D.117 ;D118:D11 with a

Walter Mikron II The Walter Mikron is a four-cylinder, air-cooled, inverted straight engine for aircraft. Development Developed in Czechoslovakia in the early 1930s, the engine saw limited use in late 1930s and early 1950s. In the 1980s an initial batch of eng ...

engine, amateur-built. ;D119:amateur-built D.117 ::D.119D :::D.119DA ::D.119V Jodel-g-bmlb

;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 Continental A75 engine, amateur-built. ;D.122:D.11 with a Praga engine, amateur-built. ;D.123:D.11 with an Salmson 5Ap.01 engine, amateur-built. ;D.124:D.11 with an Salmson 5Aq.01 engine, amateur-built. ;D.125:D.11 with a Kaiser engine, amateur-built. ;D.126:D.11 with an 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''). ;EAC D.128:D.119 with a sliding canopy and DR.100 undercarriage; (EAC - ''Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques et Commerciales''). ;D.11 Spécial ; Falconar F11:Canadian homebuilt derivative design ;Uetz U2-MFGZ: ;Uetz U2V:Straight winged D119 built in Switzerland by

Walter Uetz Flugzeugbau The Walter Uetz Flugzeugbau was a Swiss aircraft manufacturer and design company.Simpson 1991, p. 364 From the 1950s it built the CAB Minicab and Jodel D.11 which it sold in Switzerland and Austria. It later produced the U2V, a modified Jodel D. ...

;Aero Difusión D-11 Compostela: ;Aero Difusión D-112 Popuplane: license-built D.112 by Aero-Difusión of Spain.Taylor 1961, p. 126. ;Aero Difusión D-119 Popuplane: license-built D.119 by Aero-Difusión. ;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 (D.117 with Continental C90-14F engine)

References

* * Taylor, Michael (ed.) (1989) ''Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation''. Studio Editions: London. p. 27 * Teijgeler, Hans
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External links

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History

Variants

Specifications (D.117 with Continental C90-14F engine)

See also

References

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