Muniz M-5

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Muniz M-5
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Type: Sport and liaison aircraft
Design country:

FranceFrance France

Manufacturer:

Société des avions Caudron

First flight:

July 10, 1930

Number of pieces:

1

The Muniz M-5 was a sport and liaison aircraft designed by the Brazilian aeronautical engineer Antonio Guedes Muniz and manufactured in France by Caudron .

history

Antonio Guedes Muniz developed several aircraft during his studies at the Ecole Supérieure de Aéronautique in Paris . The Muniz M-5 was the first to be built by Caudron . The aircraft was designed as a touring aircraft and liaison aircraft. Although the aircraft was only built once, it paved the way for further aviation developments in Brazil.

construction

The M-5 was designed as a low-wing aircraft, had a closed tandem cockpit and a non-retractable tail wheel landing gear. The plane was a wooden frame construction. The fuselage was clad with plywood and the wings and the conventional tail unit were covered with fabric. The wings became thinner and thinner towards the wing tips. The aircraft was powered by a water-cooled six-cylinder Hispano 6Pa with 75 kW.

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 1-2
length 7.21 m
span 12 m
height 2.31 m
Wing area 18 m²
Empty mass 450 kg
Max. Takeoff mass
Cruising speed 185 km / h
Top speed 205 km / h
Service ceiling 6500 m
Range
Engines 1 × Hispano 6Pa with 75 kW

See also

literature

  • Lage, Manual (2004). Hispano Suiza in Aeronautics . Warrendale, USA: SAE International. P. 484, ISBN 0-7680-0997-9 .
  • Margolin, Victor (2015). World History of Design . 2. London: Bloomsbury Acadenic Publications. P. 497. ISBN 978-1-4725-6651-5 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Frachet, André (8 August 1929). L'avion léger Muniz M.5 . Les Ailes (425): 3.
  2. ↑ Margolin, Victor (2015). World History of Design . 2. London: Bloomsbury Acadenic Publications. P. 497, ISBN 978-1-4725-6651-5 .