Chatelain AC.5
1950s French aircraft
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The Chatelain AC-5 is a 1950s French two-seat homebuilt aircraft designed by Armand Chatelain.
Typerecreational aircraft
Designer
Armand Chatelain
Primary userprivate pilot owners
| AC.5 Bijou | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Type | recreational aircraft |
| Manufacturer | homebuilt |
| Designer | Armand Chatelain |
| Primary user | private pilot owners |
| History | |
| First flight | 10 September 1956 |
Development
The AC-5 was a high-wing monoplane with a wing of all-wood construction and a fuselage made of steel tubes.
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 5.20 m (17 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 14.00 m2 (150.7 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 335 kg (739 lb)
- Gross weight: 570 kg (1,257 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Minié 4.DC.32 air-cooled horizontally-opposed piston engine, 56 kW (75 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed SIPA propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
- Range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)
