Fauvel AV.36
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The Fauvel AV.36 was a single-seat tailless glider designed in France in the 1950s by Charles Fauvel. Although the "AV" in AV.36 stands for Aile Volante (Flying Wing), it was not a true flying wing: it featured two large fins mounted on stubby tailbooms extending back from the wing's trailing edge, and accommodated the pilot within a stubby fuselage. The aircraft was designed to be quickly disassembled for road transport, with the nose detaching, and the fins able to fold back against the trailing edge of the wing. A refined version with a slightly longer wingspan, the AV.361 was introduced in 1960.
The AV.36 lent itself to easy motorisation, with some builders installing an engine at the rear of the cockpit pod to drive a pusher propeller turning between the tail fins, and the Bölkow factory manufactured some aircraft in this configuration as the AV.36 C11.
Plans for the AV.36 have not been available in France since Fauvel's death in 1979, but since 2012[update]Template:Dated maintenance category (articles)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". they are still available from Canadian supplier Falconar Avia of Edmonton, Alberta.[1]
Variants
- AV.36
- AV.361[2]
- AV.36 C11
Specifications (AV.36)
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See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fauvel AV.45 Related lists List of gliders
References
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