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Brochet MB.70

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Top speed
  
130 km/h

Length
  
6.68 m

Designer
  
Maurice Brochet

Wingspan
  
10 m

Manufacturer
  
Brochet

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The Brochet MB.70 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in France in the early 1950s for recreational flying and amateur construction.

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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 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.

Variants

  • MB.70 - prototype powered by Salmson 9Adb radial (1 built)
  • MB.71 - version with Minie 4DC-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)

    General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 6.68 m (21 ft 11 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.35 m (33 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 14.0 m2 (151 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 366 kg (807 lb)
  • Gross weight: 570 kg (1,257 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65, 48 kW (65 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 130 km/h (81 mph)

    • References

    Brochet MB.70 Wikipedia
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