Morane-Saulnier MS.250
| MS.250 | |
|---|---|
| Role | trainer |
| Manufacturer | Morane-Saulnier |
| First flight | 1929 |
| Number built | 2 |
The Morane-Saulnier MS.250 was a crew-trainer aircraft built by Morane-Saulnier in the late 1920s.
Design
The MS.250 was a parasol-wing monoplane with swept-back wings, similar to the Morane-Saulnier MS.230, but differed in having a new tail. The cockpits had windscreens, and the rear cockpit had a gun ring. The pilot-instructor manned the front cockpit, and the trainee observer manned the rear cockpit.[1] A second aircraft was built with a more powerful engine as the MS.251.[2]
Variants
- MS.250
- Initial design prototype, powered by a 230 hp (170 kW) Salmson 9Ab radial engine; one built.[1]
- MS.251
- A second aircraft, powered by a 240 hp (180 kW) Lorraine 7Mc radial engine.[2]
Specifications (MS.250)
Data from [3]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)
- Height: 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 19.7 m2 (212 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 889 kg (1,960 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,210 kg (2,668 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 9Ab 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 189 km/h (117 mph, 102 kn)
- Cruise speed: 152 km/h (94 mph, 82 kn)
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4.067 m/s (800.6 ft/min)
Armament
- Guns: provision for a machine gun in a lobster-back turret in the rear cockpit
References
- ^ a b Rickard, J. (13 March 2012). "Morane-Saulnier M.S.250". historyofwar. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ a b Rickard, J. (13 March 2012). "Morane-Saulnier M.S.251". historyofwar. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
- ^ "Morane-Saulnier MS.250". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 6 February 2019.
Further reading
- Lacaze, Henri & Lherbert, Claude (2013). Morane Saulnier: ses avions, ses projets [Morane Saulnier: Their Aircraft and Projects] (in French). Outreau, France: Lela Presse. ISBN 978-2-914017-70-1.