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Paumier MP2 Baladin

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Top speed
  
255 km/h

Length
  
5.95 m

Manufacturer
  
Maurice Paumier

Wingspan
  
7.6 m

First flight
  
1961

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The Paumier MP2 Baladin is a French-built light sporting aircraft of the 1960s.

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Design and construction

The MP2 Baladin was designed and constructed by Maurice Paumier. The two-seat side-by-side design was advanced for its day amongst amateur constructors, as it featured such refinements as a variable-pitch airscrew, landing flaps and a retractable tricycle undercarriage.

The aircraft possessed an exceptionally clean finish, being of wooden construction with plywood- and fabric-covered wings and a plywood-covered fuselage. These features enabled the Baladin to attain a maximum speed of 158 mph on a 90 h.p. engine. A one-piece all-moving tailplane is employed, and a feature of the design is the large wingtip endplate which slides rearward for access to the fuel filler pipe.

Operational history

The prototype MP2 Baladin F-PJKV has had a series of private owners since its first flight in early 1961. It is currently (early 2009) operational from its base at Beauvais-Tille airport near Paris. A second example F-PPPC was built and initially based at Guyancourt aerodrome near Paris.

Specifications

(per Green, 1965, p. 59)

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 5.95 m (19 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 2.60 m (8 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 9.80 m2 (105.5 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 375 kg (827 lb)
  • Gross weight: 615 kg (1,356 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90 four cylinder air-cooled, 67 kW (90 hp) each

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 255 km/h (158 mph)
  • Cruising speed: 228 km/h (142 mph)
  • Rate of climb: 4.8 m/s (945 ft/min)

    • References

    Paumier MP2 Baladin Wikipedia
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