Max Holste Broussard
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| Type | Six-seat utility monoplane |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | Max Holste |
| Maiden flight | 1952 |
| Introduced | 1954 |
| Retired | 1983 |
| Primary user | French Army |
| Number built | 396 |
| Developed from | Max Holste MH.152 |
The Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard is a 1950s French six-seat utility monoplane designed by Max Holste to meet a French Army requirement.
[edit] Design and development
The MH.1521 Broussard was designed to meet a requirement for a lightweight liaison and observation aircraft. It is braced high-wing monoplane with twin vertical tail surfaces. It has a fixed tailwheel landing gear and is powered by a nose-mounted Pratt & Whitney R-985 radial piston engine. A smaller 220hp (164kW) Salmson Argus powered prototype aircraft the MH.152 was first flown on 12 June 1951, it had room for a pilot and four passengers but was too small and underpowered to meet the Army requirement. The company decided to develop a slightly larger and more powerful version which it designated the MH.1521 and later named the Broussard. The prototype Broussard first flew on the 17 November 1952 and was followed by the first civil and military production aircraft in June 1954.
[edit] Variants
- MH.1521
- Protoypes, five built plus two pre-production aircraft and 19 pre-production military variants.
- MH.1521A
- Aircraft modified for agricultural use.
- MH.1521C
- COmmercial variant, 52 built.
- MH.1521M
- Military variant, 318 built.
- MH.1522
- One modified prototype aircraft flown in 1958 with full span leading-edge slots and double-slotted trailing edge flaps to imporove stall performance.
[edit] Operators
- Cameroun Air Force
- Central African Air Force
- Ivory Coast Air Force
- Malagasy Air Force
- Mauritanian Islamic Air Force
- Niger Air Force
- Senegal Air Force
[edit] Specifications (MH.1521M)
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Capacity: 5
- Length: 8.65 m (28 ft 4½ in)
- Wingspan: 13.75 m (45 ft 1¼ in)
- Height: 3.65 m (12 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 25.20 m² (271.26 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1530 kg (3373 lb)
- Gross weight: 2500 kg (5512 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Pratt & Whitney R-985-AN-1 radial piston engine, 336 kW (450 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 270 km/h (168 mph)
- Service ceiling: 5500 m (18045 ft)
[edit] See also
Comparable aircraft
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
- ^ Orbis 1985, pp 2436
[edit] Bibliography
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing, 2436.
- Simpson, R.W.. Airlife's General Aviation. England: Airlife Publishing, 176. ISBN 1 85310 104 X.
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