Dassault Mystère IV
| Dassault Mystère IV A | |
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| Type: | Fighter bomber |
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| First flight: |
September 28, 1952 |
| Commissioning: |
1954 |
| Production time: |
1951 to 1957 |
| Number of pieces: |
166 |
The Dassault Mystère ( French secret ) was a single-engine fighter aircraft from the French manufacturer Dassault Aviation from the Cold War era . The MD452 Mystère IV A version was the first Dassault aircraft with swept wings .
Development history
Immediately after the MD 450 Ouragan , the planning of an aircraft began with even better flight performance that was only possible with swept wings. The prototype Mystère I had its maiden flight on February 23, 1951. During the tests eight further prototypes were built: two each Mystère I and Mystère II and four Mystère IIB . The first prototype had the same Rolls-Royce-Nene engine as the Ouragan; the other eight received Rolls-Royce Tay manufactured under license from the French company Hispano-Suiza ( Bois-Colombes near Paris) , which were called Hispano-Suiza Verdon .
In preparation for production, eleven pre-series Mystère IICs were built. They were fitted with SNECMA Atar 101 jet engines with 3000 kp thrust. The prototype of the Mystère IV was based on these machines ; the final series aircraft Mystère IVA got new, thinner wings with a more pronounced arrow position, a longer fuselage with an oval cross-section and a modified tail unit. Both Rolls-Royce Tay and Hispano-Suiza Verdon 350 were used as engines .
The first of a total of 480 series machines of the Mystère IVA were put into service in 1955. They were, among other things as a coach as well as the to the 1980s aerobatics relay team Patrouille de France used.
Like the Ouragan, the Mystère IVA were used by India and Israel .
The variants MD453 Mystère III, Mystère IVB and the Mystère IVN all only existed as prototypes, as they were overtaken by the Super Mystère B2 .
Technical specifications
Mystère IVA
- Type: single-seat fighter-bomber
- Engine: a Hispano-Suiza-Verdon 350 jet engine with 3500 kp thrust
- Top speed: 1,120 km / h at sea level and 990 km / h at 12,000 m
- Initial climbing speed: 45 m / s
- Service ceiling: 13,750 m
- Range
- (excluding external loads): 915 km
- (with additional tanks): 1,320 km
- Setup weight: 5,875 kg
- Max. Takeoff weight: 9,500 kg
- Wingspan: 11.12 m
- Length: 12.85 m
- Height: 4.40 m
- Wing area: 32 m²
- Armament: two 30 mm DEFA cannons with 150 rounds each; plus 55 × 68 mm SNEB rockets in a retractable fuselage container and up to 1000 kg drop ammunition and rockets at two underwing stations.
