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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.

AV.36
An AV.36 in flight
Role	Flying wing glider Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Homebuilt
Designer	Charles Fauvel
First flight	December 31 1951
Number built	over 100

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 as of 2012^[update] 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)

Data from The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II[3]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in) nose to rudder tips
• Wingspan: 12.78 m (41 ft 11 in)
• Height: 1.2 m (3 ft 11 in) at cockpit
• Wing area: 14.6 m² (157 sq ft)
• Aspect ratio: 11.4
• Airfoil: F₂ 17%
• Empty weight: 125 kg (276 lb)
• Gross weight: 215 kg (474 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 258 kg (569 lb)

Performance

• Stall speed: 58 km/h (36 mph, 31 kn)
• Never exceed speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
  
• Rough air speed max: 158 km/h (98.2 mph; 85.3 kn)
• Aerotow speed: 128 km/h (79.5 mph; 69.1 kn)
• Winch launch speed: 119 km/h (73.9 mph; 64.3 kn)
• Terminal velocity: with full airbrakes 165 km/h (103 mph; 89 kn)
• g limits: +8 -4 at 254 km/h (157.8 mph; 137.1 kn)
• Maximum glide ratio: 26 at 84 km/h (52.2 mph; 45.4 kn)
• Rate of sink: 0.75 m/s (148 ft/min) at 65 km/h (40.4 mph; 35.1 kn)
• Wing loading: 14.7 kg/m² (3.0 lb/sq ft) normal 17.7 kg/m² (3.625 lb/sqft) maximum

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era Fauvel AV.45 Related lists List of gliders

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 193.
• Shenstone, B.S.; K.G. Wilkinson (1963). The World's Sailplanes:Die Segelflugzeuge der Welt:Les Planeurs du Monde Volume II (in English, French, and German) (1st ed.). Zurich: Organisation Scientifique et Technique Internationale du Vol a Voile (OSTIV) and Schweizer Aero-Revue. pp. 79–81.
• Purdy, Don (1998). AeroCrafter - Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook. BAI Communications. p. 307. ISBN 0-9636409-4-1.

На других языках

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[de] Fauvel AV.36

Die Fauvel AV.36/AV.361 ist ein einsitziges schwanzloses als Mitteldecker ausgelegtes Segelflugzeug, das in den 1950er-Jahren von Charles Fauvel entworfen wurde. Die Bezeichnung „AV“ in AV.36 steht für „Aile Volante“ (wörtlich „fliegender Flügel“, mit der Bedeutung Nurflügelflugzeug). Wegen der beiden Seitenleitwerke wird die AV.36 jedoch nicht als echter Nurflügler betrachtet, obwohl sie Flugstabilität und Auftrieb ausschließlich durch die Flügelgeometrie erzeugt. Erstflug war am 31. Dezember 1951 in Frankreich.

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- [en] Fauvel AV.36

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[it] Fauvel AV-36

L'AV-36 fu un aliante ad ala volante progettato da Charles Fauvel nel 1951. In realtà non si trattava di un'ala volante "puro" in quanto erano presenti due impennaggi verticali, perpendicolari all'ala.

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