B.50 Muscadet
Role Cabin monoplane
National origin France
Manufacturer Boisavia
Designer Lucien Tieles
First flight 13 October 1946
Number built 1
Variants Boisavia Mercurey

The Boisavia B.50 Muscadet was a prototype French three-seat cabin monoplane first flown in 1946.[1]

Design and operations

The B.50 was designed and built after the Second World War by Luicien Tieles, it was a strut-braced high-wing monoplane with three seats and a conventional landing gear with a tail wheel.[1] The prototype, with the French test registration F-WCZE, first flew on 13 October 1946 powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Renault 4Pei engine.[1] Tieles modified the design as a four-seater and formed Societe Boisavia to build the type which he called the Mercurey.[1]

Specifications

Data from Gaillard (1990) p. 40[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Capacity: One passenger
  • Length: 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
  • Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
  • Wing area: 15 m2 (160 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: NACA 23.012[3]
  • Empty weight: 540 kg (1,190 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Renault 4Pei 4-cylinder inline air-cooled, 75 kW (100 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
  • Range: 850 km (530 mi, 460 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Simpson 1995, p. 408
  2. ↑ Gaillard (1990) p.40
  3. ↑ Gaillard 2000, p. 35
  • Gaillard, Pierre (1990). Les Avions Francais de 1944 à 1964. Paris: Éditions EPA. p. 40. ISBN 2-85120-350-9.
  • Gaillard, Pierre (June 2000). "Boisavia: Les petites vendanges de Lucien Tielès". Le Fana de l'Aviation (in French). No. 367. pp. 32–41.
  • Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury, UK: Airlife Publishing. ISBN 1-85310-577-5.


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