Boisavia Muscadet

The Boisavia B.50 Muscadet was a prototype French three-seat cabin monoplane first flown in 1946.^[1]

Design and operations

The B.50 was designed and built after the second world war by Luicien Tieles, it was a strut-braced high-wing monoplane with three seats and a conventional landing gear with a tail wheel.^[1] The prototype, with the French test registration F-WCZE, first flew on 13 October 1946 powered by a 100 hp (75 kW) Renault 4Pei engine.^[1] Tieles modified the design as a four-seater and formed Societe Boisavia to build the type which he called the Mercurey.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Gaillard (1990) p. 40^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: One pilot
• Capacity: One passenger
• Length: 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in)
• Wingspan: 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
• Height: 2.20 m (7 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 15 m² (160 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 540 kg (1,190 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Renault 4Pei 4-cylinder inline air-cooled, 75 kW (100 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

• Maximum speed: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn)
• Cruising speed: 165 km/h (103 mph; 89 kn)
• Range: 850 km (528 mi; 459 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,764 ft)

References

• Gaillard, Pierre (1990). Les Avions Francais de 1944 à 1964. Paris: Éditions EPA. p. 40. ISBN 2 85120 350 9. 
• Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. pp. 408–09.