Potez 36 Explained
The Potez 36 was a French two-seat touring or sport monoplane designed and built by Potez.
Design and development
The Potez 36 was a high-wing braced monoplane with a conventional landing gear. It had an enclosed cabin with side-by-side seating for a pilot and passenger. The design had some unusual features like folding wings to make it easier to store or to tow behind a motor car. Some of the aircraft had Potez-designed leading-edge slats. The aircraft was popular with both French private owners and flying clubs with a small number being used by the French Air Force during the 1930s as liaison aircraft.
Variants
- Potez 36
Prototype of the series powered by a 60abbr=onNaNabbr=on Salmson 5Ac radial engine.
- Potez36/1
production version powered by a 70abbr=onNaNabbr=on Renault 4Pa; two built.
- Potez 36/3
Prototype followed by six production aircraft with no slats, powered by a 60abbr=onNaNabbr=on Salmson 5Ac radial engine.
- Potez 36/5
Variant with no slats but powered by a 95abbr=onNaNabbr=on Salmson 7Ac engine; five built.
- Potez 36/13
Production version of the 36/5 but fitted with leading-edge slats, 96 built.
- Potez 36/14
Variant with a 95abbr=onNaNabbr=on Renault 4Pb engine and leading-edge slats and wheel brakes, 103 built.
- Potez 36/15
Variant with a 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on Potez 6Ab engine, 18 built.
- Potez 36/17
Variant with a 104abbr=onNaNabbr=on Cirrus Hermes IIB engine, two built.
- Potez 36/19
Variant with a 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on Renault 4Pci engine, two built.
- Potez 36/21
Production variant with a 100abbr=onNaNabbr=on Potez 6Ac engine and wheels with balloon tyres, 29 built.References
- Notes
Bibliography
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- Cony . Christophe . Potez 36: Une révolution dans l'aviation de tourisme: Deuxième partie . fr . Avions . September–October 2009 . 171 . 37–49 . 1253-5354.
- Cony . Christophe . Potez 36: L'appareil qui révolutionna l'aviation de tourisme: Troisième partie . fr . Avions . November–December 2009 . 172 . 6–23 . 1253-5354.
- Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London .
- Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
