Engineering:Morane-Saulnier AR

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Type AR, MS.35
Morane-Saulnier MS.35R L'Aéronautique December,1926.jpg
MS.35R
Role Trainer
National origin France
Manufacturer Morane-Saulnier
First flight 1915
Primary user Aéronautique Militaire
Number built >400

The Morane-Saulnier AR was a trainer aircraft produced in France during and after the First World War.[1][2]

Design and development

Developed from the Morane-Saulnier LA reconnaissance aircraft, the AR was a wire-braced parasol-wing monoplane of conventional design with two open cockpits in tandem and cross-axle-style tailskid undercarriage.[2] Construction was mostly of fabric-covered wood, but the forward fuselage was skinned in metal.[1]

Large-scale production commenced after the Armistice, with the type now designated MS.35, in a number of subtypes differentiated principally in the engine used.[1][2] Although Morane-Saulnier hoped to sell the type on the civil market as a touring machine,[3] most of the 400 examples built saw service with the French Army, but others were used by the Navy and still others exported to foreign air arms.[1][2] The MS.35s were used in France until 1929, when some of them were purchased by the country's flying clubs.[2]

Variants

  • Type AR
  • MS.35R - main production version with Le Rhône 9C engine
  • MS.35A - version with Anzani engine
  • MS.35C - version with Clerget 9C engine

Operators

 France
  • Aéronautique Militaire
    • Écoles de pilotage
  • Aéronautique Navale
 Argentina
 Belgium
 Bolivia
 Brazil
 Greece
 Guatemala
 Paraguay
 Poland
  • (70 examples)
 Romania
 Soviet Union
  Switzerland
 Turkey
 United States
  • United States Navy
 Uruguay

Specifications (MS.35R)

Morane Saulnier MS.35R 3-view drawing from L'Aéronautique July,1927

Data from "Morane-Saulnier Type AR (M.S.35)"

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
  • Length: 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.57 m (34 ft 8 in)
  • Gross weight: 764 kg (1,680 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Le Rhône 9C , 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 68 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 4,600 m (15,100 ft)

Notes

  1. Jump up to: 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Taylor 1989, 684
  2. Jump up to: 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft", 2538
  3. "The Paris Aero Show 1919", 64
  4. Wauthy & de Neve 1995, p. 31
  5. Passingham & Noël 1989, p. 15

References

Further reading

  • Lacaze, Henri; Lherbert, Claude (2013) (in fr). Morane Saulnier: ses avions, ses projets. Outreau, France: Lela Presse. ISBN 978-2-914017-70-1.