The Jodel D18 is a French ultralight aircraft, designed and produced by

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Design and development

The original amateur-built category D18 was adapted to comply with the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale microlight rules with the addition of larger flaps and renamed the D185. Both the D18 and D185 feature a cantilever

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, two seats in a side-by-side enclosed cockpit configuration, fixed

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and a single engine in

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. A

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-equipped version is designated D19 for the amateur-built category and D195 for the microlight category. All the aircraft in the series are all made with a wooden structure, covered in doped

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. The span wing employs polyhedral configuration with the outer wing panels exhibiting much greater dihedral. Engines used include the

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four-stroke powerplant as well as

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, Limbach Flugmotoren and Volkswagen 1600 automotive engines.

Variants

;D18 :Original design for the amateur-built category. ;D185 :Model with tailwheel landing gear and larger flaps for the European microlight category. ;D19 :Model with tricycle landing gear for the amateur-built category. ;D195 :Model with tricycle landing gear and larger flaps for the European microlight category.

Specifications (D185)

References

External links

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