Yodel D9
| Jodel D.9 Bébé | |
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| Type: | Light aircraft |
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| First flight: |
January 1948 |
| Number of pieces: |
over 500 |
The Jodel D.9 Bébé is a sport aircraft by the French designers Édouard Joly and Jean Délémontez , which was manufactured by Avions Jodel from the late 1940s.
history
The D9 was developed from 1947 as a single-seat sport aircraft with an open cockpit. The first prototype with the registration number F-WEPF had its maiden flight in Beaune in January 1948 . Series production ran in the 1950s and 60s at both Jodel in Beaune and Wassmer in Issoire . From 1952 onwards, the machine was also copied by amateur aircraft builders in Germany, but it was not approved until 1958. A total of about 500 copies were made in amateur construction, for which a large range of prefabricated and semi-finished products was available.
In 1950 the D9 was further developed into the two-seater Jodel D11 .
construction
The D9 is a cantilever low wing aircraft made of wood with a box-shaped fuselage and rectangular wings with outer wings angled upwards by about 14 °. The single-spar wings were made in one piece. The fixed tail wheel chassis was self-supporting and had spring struts equipped with rubber elements and, in the early version, a spring spur.
The prototype was powered by a two- cylinder Poinsard boxer engine with an output of 18 kW. However, the machine could be equipped with a variety of different engines. These included B. the 35 PS (25 kW) ABC Scorpion and the 30 PS (22 kW) Minié. Motors with an output of up to 48 kW were later used.
A four-cylinder boxer engine from Volkswagen with 19 to 29 kW was used in the examples built in Germany. The version with the 26 PS (19 kW) VW engine was called the Jodel D.92.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 1 |
| length | 5.45 m |
| span | 7.00 m |
| height | ? m |
| Wing area | 9.2 m² |
| Empty mass | 162 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 272 kg |
| Cruising speed | 130 km / h |
| Top speed | 150 km / h; VNE : 200 km / h |
| Rate of climb | 2.1 m / s |
| Tank capacity | approx. 25 L |
| Range | 460 km |
| Engines | a VW engine with 19 kW |
See also
literature
- John WR Taylor: Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1959-60. Sampson Low, Marston & Company, London 1959, pp. 129 f.
- Karlheinz Kens: types of aircraft. International aviation type book. , 4th edition, Lange, Duisburg 1963.
Web links
- Yodel D9
- JODEL & ROBIN CONSTRUCTION LISTS ( Memento from July 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b FliegerRevue May 2010, pp. 56–59, French flair - kits from next door
- ^ Rolf Wurster, 50 Years of German Motor Aircraft, ISBN 978-3-8311-1854-0
- ↑ H. Best-Devereux: Impressions of the Jodel Bébé - A French Ultra-light in Club Service in: Flight , August 21, 1953, pp. 231–233 (available online)