Chasle YC-10 Migrateur

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YC-10 Migrateur
Role Single seat sport aircraft
National origin France
Designer Yves Chasle
First flight 29 May 1981
Number built 1

The Chasle YC-10 Migrateur was a single seat sports aircraft built in France in the early 1980s. Only one was built and it flew for less than 30 hours.

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Design and development

The Chasle YC-10 was designed by Yves Chasle and built by Charles Pagès. It was a low wing cantilever monoplane, with straight edged, slightly tapered wings. Originally these were square tipped and without dihedral but after early flight trials streamlined wing tip bodies called salmons and also dihedral were added. It was powered by a 75 kW (100 hp) Rolls Royce Continental O-200-A air-cooled flat-four engine. Its single seat cockpit was over the wing trailing edge, with the pilot under a prominent two piece perspex canopy. Behind, the round section fuselage tapered rapidly to a broad chord, triangular fin. This carried a deep, tapered rudder and formed a T-tail with its tailplane and elevator mounted on top. Its fixed conventional undercarriage had cantilever legs attached to the wing roots. [1]

Cantilever beam anchored at only one end

A cantilever is a rigid structural element, such as a beam or a plate, anchored at one end to a support from which it protrudes; this connection could also be perpendicular to a flat, vertical surface such as a wall. Cantilevers can also be constructed with trusses or slabs. When subjected to a structural load, the cantilever carries the load to the support where it is forced against by a moment and shear stress.

Monoplane Fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane

A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane, in contrast to a biplane or other multiplane, each of which has multiple planes.

Continental O-200 four-cylinder horizontally-opposed piston aircraft engine family

The Continental C90 and O-200 are a family of air-cooled, horizontally opposed, four-cylinder, direct-drive aircraft engines of 201 in³ displacement, producing between 90 and 100 horsepower.

The Migrateur made its first flight on 29 May 1981. After only 29 hours of flight it crashed at Tarbes and was not repaired. Only the prototype was built. [1] [2]

Tarbes Prefecture and commune in Occitanie, France

Tarbes is a commune in the Hautes-Pyrénées department in the Occitanie region of southwestern France. It is the capital of Bigorre. It has been a commune since 1790. It was known as Turba or Tarba in Roman times. Tarbes is part of the historical region of Gascony.

Specifications

Data from Gaillard (1981), p.188 [1]

General characteristics

Flat-four engine horizontally opposed four-cylinder piston engine

A flat-four or horizontally opposed-four is a flat engine with four cylinders arranged in two horizontal banks of two, each bank lying opposite the other, a crankcase between them.

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 233 km/h (145 mph; 126 kn) at 1,500 m (4,921 ft)
  • Cruise speed: 209 km/h (130 mph; 113 kn)
  • Endurance: 3 hr

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Gaillard, Pierre (1991). Les Avions Francais de 1965 à 1990. Paris: Éditions EPA. p. 188. ISBN   2 85120 392 4.
  2. Chillon, Jacques. Fox Papa - Registre des avions Français amateur (2009 ed.). Brive: Ver Luisant. p. 211. ISBN   978-2-3555-1-066-3.