Abrial A-13 Buse

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Abrial A-13 Buse
Role Glider
National origin France
Designer Georges Abrial
Statusprototype

The Abrial A-13 Buse was a tailless glider prototype that was designed in 1954. It was the last in a series of glider aircraft designed by Georges Abrial. [1]

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Design

The glider featured a short fuselage with a single, non-tapered strut-braced straight wing. The design had been demonstrated by very complete tests carried out on a 1:10 scale model at the Eiffel Laboratory but no full-size version was ever constructed. [2]

Specifications Abrial A-13 Buse

Data from retroplane

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. "Charels Fauvel" . Retrieved 2 Jan 2011.
  2. "A.13". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2 Jan 2011.