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Revision as of 10:54, 14 April 2014
MD.415 Communauté | |
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Role | Light turboprop civil transport |
Manufacturer | Dassault Aviation |
First flight | 1959 |
Number built | 1 |
The Dassault MD.415 Communauté was a 1950s French twin-engined light turboprop transport monoplane built by Dassault Aviation. Only one prototype was built and flown.
Development
The Dassault company designed a light transport aircraft in the late 1950s, designated MD.415 and later named Communauté, as a potential replacement of the Dassault MD 315 Flamant in its trainer, command transport or ambulance aircraft roles. The Communauté was a cantilever low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle landing gear with room for two crew and up to ten passengers. Powered by two wing-mounted Turbomeca Bastan turboprops, the prototype (F-WJDN) first flew on 10 May 1959.
The company also developed a military version designated the MD.410 Spirale.[1] Retaining 90% commonality with the Communauté, the Spirale had all the windows removed and a transparent nose-panels added. It also had provision for cannon or machine-gun armaments and was fitted with underwing hard-points for weapons. It was intended that the Spirale could be used for close-support, reconnaissance or transport roles.
Neither the Communauté nor the Spirale received any production orders and a high-wing development designated Spirale III was also abandoned.
Variants
- MD.410 Spirale
- Prototype military version, one built, powered by two Turboméca Astazou XIVD engines.
- MD.415 Communauté
- Prototype light transport, one built.
- MD.415 Communauté A1
- A proposed joint development from Dassault and Sud-Aviation for a new version of the MD 415, a liaison aircraft carrying 8 passengers over 2,400 km (1,500 mi; 1,300 nmi) or a feeder-liner carrying 21 passengers over 500 km (310 mi; 270 nmi).[2]
- MD.415 Communauté A2
- Proposed 14-seat variant.
- MD.415M Diplomate
- A proposed scaled-up executive transport variant.
- MD.455 Spirale III
- Proposed high-wing transport version, not built.[3]
Specifications (MD-415 Communauté)
Data from [4]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 6-10 passengers or 2,200 kg (4,900 lb) payload (14 pax in the proposed Communauté A2)
- Length: 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 16.43 m (53 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 36 m2 (390 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 3,610 kg (7,959 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 5,900 kg (13,007 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Turboméca Bastan IV , 750 kW (1,000 hp) each + 0.647 kN (145 lbf) residual thrust
Performance
- Maximum speed: 500 km/h (310 mph, 270 kn) at 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
- Cruise speed: 450 km/h (280 mph, 240 kn) at 6,000 m (20,000 ft)
- Range: 2,500 km (1,600 mi, 1,300 nmi)
- Ferry range: 3,200 km (2,000 mi, 1,700 nmi) with external tanks
- Service ceiling: 11,000 m (36,000 ft)
- Take-off run: 380 m (1,250 ft)
References
- ^ Flying Magazine: 49. August 1961.
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(help) - ^ "MD 415 Communauté". Dassault. Retrieved 20 September 2013.
- ^ Taylor, John W.R. (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- ^ The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aircraft. London: Orbis Publications. 1982–1985.
- Taylor, John W.R. (1962). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1962-63. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co.
- The Illustrated Encyclopaedia of Aircraft. London: Orbis Publications. 1982–1985.
- "MD 415 Communauté". Dassault. Retrieved 20 September 2013.