D.11
SAN Jodel D.117
Role Trainer/tourer
Manufacturer Jodel and others
Designer Jean Délémontez
First flight 4 April 1950
Number built more than 3,000
Developed from Jodel D9
Variants Falconar F11 Sporty

The Jodel D.11 is a French two-seat monoplane designed and developed by Société Avions Jodel in response to a French government request for a low-wing aircraft for use by the nation's many emerging flying clubs.

More than 3,000 examples have been built and flown.[1]

History

Designers Édouard Joly and Jean Délémontez based the design on two of their earlier projects; they combined the wing of the projected D.10 with a lengthened and widened version of the D.9 fuselage. The first example flew on 4 April 1950. Of conventional tailwheel configuration, the D11 featured a fixed, spatted undercarriage, and accommodated pilot and passenger side-by-side. The wing panels outboard of the landing gear struts had a marked dihedral. Various powerplants were installed, typically Salmson 9, Continental O-170 or Continental O-200. The aircraft uses all-wood construction with a single piece box-spar.[2]

D.11s were licence-built by a number of manufacturers in Europe and elsewhere, including Wassmer, Aero-Difusión, and Falconar Avia. Many examples were also home-built with plans provided by Falconar.[3]

Variants

Original 1958 Uetz Jodel D-11 C/N 931-13 in midair.
A homebuilt Falconar F11-3 using plans from Falconar of Canada which were based on the Jodel D.11
D.11
original version with a 55 hp Salmson 9Adb engine.
D.111
D.11 with a 75 hp (56 kW) Minié 4.DC.32 engine, built by Jodel.
D.112
D.11 with a 65 hp (48 kW) Continental A65 engine, built by Jodel, Wassmer (Société Wassmer), SAN (Société Aéronautique Normande), Valledeau, Denize and amateur constructors. Amateur-built versions can be powered by engines from 65 to 120 hp (48 to 89 kW). The 90 hp (67 kW) Continental C90 has been used.[1][4]
D.112A
D.112D
D.112V
D.113
D.11 with a 100 hp (75 kW) Continental O-200-A engine, amateur-built.
D.114
D.11 with a 70 hp (52 kW) Minié 4.DA.28 engine, amateur-built.
D.115
D.11 with a 75 hp (56 kW) Mathis 4G-F-60 engine, amateur-built.
D.116
D.11 with a 60 hp (45 kW) Salmson 9ADr engine, amateur-built.
D.117
SAN built D.11, named Grande Tourisme,[5] 223 built, powerplant 90 hp (67 kW) Continental C90 engine and revised electrics
D.117A - Alpavia built D.117
D118
D11 with a 60 hp (45 kW) Walter Mikron II engine, amateur-built.
D119
amateur-built D.117
D.119D
D.119DA
D.119V
Wassmer Jodel D.120A Paris-Nice
D.120
Wassmer built D.117 named the Paris-Nice,[5] 337 built, powerplant Continental C90.
D.120A - (with airbrakes)
D.120R - ((Remorqueur) Glider Tug)
D.120AR - (Glider Tug with airbrakes)
D.121
D.11 with a 75 hp (56 kW) Continental A75 engine, amateur-built.
D.122
D.11 with a 75 hp (56 kW) Praga engine, amateur-built.
D.123
D.11 with an 85 hp (63 kW) Salmson 5Ap.01 engine, amateur-built.
D.124
D.11 with an 80 hp (60 kW) Salmson 5Aq.01 engine, amateur-built.
D.125
D.11 with a 90 hp (67 kW) Kaiser engine, amateur-built.
D.126
D.11 with an 85 hp (63 kW) Continental C85 engine, amateur-built.
EAC D.127
D.112 with a sliding canopy and DR.100 undercarriage; (EAC - Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques et Commerciales).[6]
EAC D.128
D.119 with a sliding canopy and DR.100 undercarriage; (EAC - Société d'Etudes Aéronautiques et Commerciales).[6]
D.11 Spécial
Falconar F11
Canadian homebuilt derivative design[7]
Uetz U2-MFGZ
Uetz U2V
Straight winged D119 built in Switzerland by Walter Uetz Flugzeugbau
Aero Difusión D-11 Compostela
Aero Difusión D-112 Popuplane
license-built D.112 by Aero-Difusión of Spain.[8]
Aero Difusión D-119 Popuplane
license-built D.119 by Aero-Difusión.[8]
Aero Difusión D-1190S Compostela
68 built
Blenet RB.01 Jozé
Derivatives of the D.112 designed by Roger Blenet Powered by Continental A65-8F engines, two known

Specifications (D.117 with Continental C90-14F engine)

Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59 [9]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1 passenger or student pilot
  • Length: 6.5 m (21 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.22 m (27 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in)
  • Wing area: 12.7 m2 (137 sq ft)
  • Airfoil: NACA 23013.5[10]
  • Empty weight: 345 kg (761 lb)
  • Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 116 L (30.6 US gal; 25.5 imp gal) in two tanks
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental C90-14F 4-cyl. air-cooled horizontally opposed piston engine, 71 kW (95 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Merville or Légère fixed-pitch propeller with spinner

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 207 km/h (129 mph, 112 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
  • Stall speed: 50 km/h (31 mph, 27 kn)
  • Range: 1,170 km (730 mi, 630 nmi) in still air at 1,500 m (4,900 ft) with 30 minutes reserve
  • Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 4 m/s (790 ft/min)
  • Take-off run: 120 m (390 ft)
  • Landing run: 130 m (430 ft)

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

  1. 1 2 Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 99. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. ISSN 1368-485X
  2. ↑ "What kind of airplane would you build?". Air Progress Sport Aircraft: 45. Winter 1969.
  3. ↑ "Ceasarian Jodel". Sport Aviation. January 1971.
  4. ↑ Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 94. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485X
  5. 1 2 Jackson 1974, p. 372
  6. 1 2 Gaillard, Pierre (1990). Les Avions Francaisde 1944 a 1964. Paris: Editions EPA. ISBN 2-85120-350-9.
  7. ↑ Air Trails: 8. Winter 1971. {{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. 1 2 Taylor 1961, p. 126.
  9. ↑ Bridgman, Leonard, ed. (1957). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1958-59. London: Jane's All the World's Aircraft Publishing Co. Ltd. p. 165.
  10. ↑ Lednicer, David. "The Incomplete Guide to Airfoil Usage". m-selig.ae.illinois.edu. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  • Taylor, John W. R. (1961). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1961–62. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Company.
  • Taylor, Michael (ed.) (1989) Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. Studio Editions: London. p. 27
  • Teijgeler, Hans, Jodel.com
  • Jackson, A.J. (1974). British Civil Aircraft since 1919 (Volume 3). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-818-6.
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