Abrial A-13 Buse

Abrial A-13 Buse
Role Glider
National origin France
Designer Georges Abrial
Status prototype

The Abrial A-13 Buse was a tailless glider prototype that was designed in 1954. It was the last in a series of glider aircraft designed by Georges Abrial.[1]

Design

The glider featured a short fuselage with a single, non-tapered strut-braced straight wing. The design had been demonstrated by very complete tests carried out on a 1:10 scale model at the Eiffel Laboratory but no full-size version was ever constructed.[2]

Specifications Abrial A-13 Buse

Data from retroplane

General characteristics

  • Capacity: 1
  • Wingspan: 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 10 m2 (110 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 16.9
  • Airfoil: Abrial / STAé 230-231
  • Empty weight: 120 kg (265 lb)

See also

Related development

References

  1. ^ "Charels Fauvel". Retrieved 2 Jan 2011.
  2. ^ "A.13". Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2 Jan 2011.