YC-12 Tourbillon | |
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Role | Recreational aircraft |
Manufacturer | Homebuilt |
Designer | Yves Chasle |
First flight | 9 October 1965 |
Number built | 3 |
The Chasle YC-12 Tourbillon ("Whirlwind") was a single-seat light sporting aircraft developed in France in the mid-1960s and marketed for homebuilding via plans. It was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of conventional configuration. As designed, it featured fixed tailwheel undercarriage, but it could also be fitted with fixed tricycle gear.
The Tourbillon flew for the first time on 9 October 1965. Though fifteen sets of plans were sold, only two other Tourbillons were built, [1] both in the UK. [2] The prototype remains on the French Civil register [3] but the two UK aircraft are now deregistered. Their engine types are not recorded in the registration documents. [2]
Data from Jane's all the world's aircraft, 1975-76 [4]
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