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The Morane-Saulnier N, also known as the Morane-Saulnier Type N, was a French monoplane fighter aircraft of the First World War. Designed and manufactured by Morane-Saulnier, the Type N entered service in April 1915 with the Aéronautique Militaire designated as the MoS-5 C1. It also equipped four squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps, in which it was nicknamed the Bullet, and was operated in limited numbers by the 19th Squadron of the Imperial Russian Air Force.

Type N
RFC Morane-Saulnier Type N Bullet, fitted with the immense "casserole" spinner
Role fighter
Manufacturer Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier
First flight 22 July 1914
Introduction 1915
Primary users Aéronautique Militaire
Royal Flying Corps
Imperial Russian Air Service
Number built 49
Variants Morane-Saulnier I
Morane-Saulnier V

Description


RFC Morane-Saulnier N
RFC Morane-Saulnier N

While the Type N was a clean, streamlined aircraft, it was not easy to fly due to a combination of stiff lateral control caused by using wing warping instead of ailerons, sensitive pitch and yaw controls caused by using an all flying tail, and very high landing speed for the period. The Type N mounted a single unsynchronized forward-firing 7.9 mm Hotchkiss machine gun which used the deflector wedges first used on the Morane-Saulnier Type L, in order to fire through the propeller arc. The later I and V types used a .303-in Vickers machine gun.

A large metal "casserolle" spinner, appearing much like those used on the Deperdussin Monocoque pre-war racer of 1912, was designed to streamline the aircraft; but caused the engines to overheat. In 1915, the spinners were removed and the overheating problems disappeared with little loss in performance.

49 aircraft were built but it was quickly rendered obsolete by the pace of aircraft development.


Variants


Morane-Saulnier Type N
Single-seat fighter-scout monoplane.
Morane-Saulnier Type Nm
The Type Nm had a modified tail unit. Built in small numbers.
Morane-Saulnier I
more powerful version with 110 Le Rhône 9J.
Morane-Saulnier V
Longer range version of I.

Operators


French Morane-Saulnier N in 1916
French Morane-Saulnier N in 1916
 France
 Russian Empire
Ukrainian People's Republic
 United Kingdom

Specifications (Type N)


Data from War Planes of the First World War :Volume Five[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament


See also


Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era


References


  1. Bruce 1972, p. 86.

Bibliography



На других языках


[de] Morane-Saulnier N

Die Morane-Saulnier Typ N war ein von der französischen Firma Société Anonyme des Aéroplanes Morane-Saulnier entwickelter Eindecker, der im Ersten Weltkrieg als Jagdflugzeug eingesetzt wurde.
- [en] Morane-Saulnier N

[fr] Morane-Saulnier Type N

Le Morane-Saulnier Type N était un avion de chasse monoplan français de la Première Guerre mondiale, développé et fabriqué par Morane-Saulnier.

[it] Morane-Saulnier Type N

Il Morane-Saulnier Type N, la cui denominazione ufficiale era Morane-Saulnier MoS.6 (Type N era usato per indicare la variante base), fu un aereo da caccia monomotore, monoposto e monoplano ad ala media, sviluppato dall'azienda aeronautica francese Morane-Saulnier nei primi anni dieci del XX secolo.



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