Dassault Community
| Dassault MD.415 Communauté Dassault MD.410 spiral |
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| Type: | Transport plane |
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| First flight: |
May 10, 1959 |
| Number of pieces: |
1 + 1 |
The Dassault MD.415 Communauté was a twin-engine transport aircraft produced by the French manufacturer Dassault Aviation .
History and construction
Dassault Aviation developed the light transport aircraft MD.415 , later known as the Communauté , in the late 1950s as a potential replacement for the Dassault MD.315 Flamant in its role as a navigation trainer, transport and ambulance aircraft. The Communauté was a cantilevered low-wing aircraft with retractable nose wheel landing gear and space for two pilots and up to ten passengers. The community was powered by two Turbomeca Bastan Turboprops. The prototype (F-WJDN) flew for the first time on May 10, 1959.
The company also developed an armed version with the MD.410 spiral . The spiral was 90% identical to the community. In the case of the spiral, however, all windows were removed and a transparent bow was installed. Cannons or machine guns could be installed as armament. The lower wing stations could carry bombs or missiles. It was intended to use the IUD for close-up support, reconnaissance or as a transporter.
Neither the Communauté nor the Spiral received production orders, and the planned Spiral III , a further development designed as a high-wing aircraft, was abandoned.
Another development with components of the community was the MD-320 Hirondelle , it was Dassault's last project with propeller drive.
variants
- MD.415 Community
- light transport aircraft
- MD.410 spiral
- armed version
- MD.455 spiral III
- projected as a high-decker
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
|---|---|
| crew | 2 |
| Passengers | 6-10 |
| length | 13 m |
| span | 16.43 m |
| height | 4.31 m |
| Wing area | 36 m² |
| Empty mass | 3610 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 5900 kg |
| Cruising speed | ? km / h |
| Top speed | 500 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 11,000 m |
| Range | 2500 km |
| Engines | 2 × Turbomeca Bastan turboprop engines with 746 kW each |
| Armament | 2 × machine cannons or 2 × machine guns bombs or missiles under the wings |
See also
Web links
- Les avions de la guerre d'Algérie - more and photos about the spiral (fr)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Dassault website information about the community (English)
- ↑ Dassault site information on the spiral (English)
- ↑ MD-320 training aircraft on the Dassault homepage.
- ↑ The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, 1315-1316