Brochet MB.70

The Brochet MB.70 was a two-seat light aircraft developed in France in the early 1950s for recreational flying and amateur construction.

MB.70 Series
The Brochet MB.76 at Chavenay airfield near Paris in June 1967
Role Sports plane
Manufacturer Brochet
Designer Maurice Brochet
First flight 28 January 1950
Number built 8

Design and development

It was a high-wing braced monoplane of conventional configuration that seated the pilot and passenger in tandem within a fully enclosed cabin. It was fitted with fixed tailwheel undercarriage layout and was of all-wooden construction. Progress was hastened by the publication of a Service de l'Aviation Légère et Sportive requirement for a new light aircraft for French aeroclubs, and a series of development machines were built with a variety of different engines, eventually leading to the definitive Brochet MB.80.[1]

Variants
  • MB.70 - prototype powered by Salmson 9Adb radial (1 built)
  • MB.71 - version with Minié 4.DC.32 engine (1 built)
  • MB.72 - version with Continental A65 horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (5 built)
  • MB.73 - version with Continental A65-85 horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (1 converted from the MB.70)
  • MB.76 - version with Continental C90-14F horizontally opposed four-cylinder engine (1 built)

Units using this aircraft

Private and club pilots

Specifications (MB.72)

General characteristics

  • Crew: One pilot
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 6.68 m (21 ft 11 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.35 m (33 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 14.0 m2 (151 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 366 kg (807 lb)
  • Gross weight: 570 kg (1,257 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Continental A65, 48 kW (65 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 130 km/h (81 mph)

Armament

References
Notes
  1. Simpson, 2005, p.71
Bibliography
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 215.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 890 Sheet 99.
  • Simpson, Rod (2005). The General Aviation Handbook. Midland Publishing. ISBN 1-85780-222-5.

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