Max Holste MH.52
{{Short description|1940s French light aircraft}}
{{Infobox aircraft
|name=Max Holste MH.52
|image=Max Holste MH.52 F-BEAC St Cyr 05.57 edited-2.jpg
|caption=Max Holste MH.52G at St Cyr l'Ecole airfield near Paris in May 1957
|type=two-seat Touring/training monoplane
|manufacturer=Avions Max Holste
|designer=
|first_flight=21 August 1945
|introduction=
|retired=
|status=2 still extant in 2006
|primary_user=aero clubs
|more_users=private pilots
|produced=
|number_built=13
|variants=
}}
The Max Holste MH.52 was a 1940s French-built two-seat touring or training monoplane designed and constructed by Avions Max Holste.
Development and construction
Developed in the mid-1940s, the MH.52 was a low-wing cantilever monoplane with twin fins and rudders and a fixed tricycle landing gear. It had a cockpit with side-by-side seating for the pilot and trainee or passenger. The canopy was framed with forward-opening transparent sliding doors. The prototype first flew on 21 August 1945. The aircraft was powered by a variety of inline engines developing between 95 and 150 hp (71 to 112 kW).Simpson, 2005, p.158
A development of the MH.52 was the sole MH.53 Cadet which had a fixed tailwheel landing gear and a lower powered 135 hp (101 kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 engine.Green, 1965, p.100
Operational history
A total of 13 production aircraft were built by the end of the 1940s. Most were flown by aero clubs and private pilots in France, but three examples were delivered to Egypt.
Surviving aircraft
Two MH.52s survived in the 2000s. No.4 is awaiting restoration to fly at an airfield near Paris. No.11 is privately stored by a group located at an airfield near Bergerac.Ogden, 2006, p.107
Variants
Source: The Aircraft of the World.
;MH.52M
:initial model with tricycle landing gear powered by a Renault 4P engine of {{convert|140|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}}. Later changed to a Potez 4D engine of {{convert|150|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} (2 built)
;MH.52G
:MH.52M with de Havilland Gipsy Major 1 engine of {{convert|120|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} (6 built)
;MH.52R
:MH.52G with Renault 4P-01 engine of {{convert|140|hp|kW|0|abbr=on}} (4 built)
;MH.53
:Tailwheel landing gear version of the MH.52G powered by a de Havilland Gipsy Major 10 engine. (1 built)
Specifications (MH.52)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2435/6
|prime units? = met
|crew=2
|length m=7.25
|length ft=23
|length in=9
|span m=9.80
|span ft=32
|span in=1.75
|height m=2.18
|height ft=7
|height in=1.75
|wing area sqm=14
|wing area sqft=150.7
|empty weight kg=640
|empty weight lb=1411
|gross weight kg=870
|gross weight lb=1918
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Potez 4D inline piston engine
|eng1 kw=112
|eng1 hp=150
|max speed kmh=230
|max speed mph=143
|range km=600
|range miles=373
}}
See also
Notes
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References
{{Commons category|Max Holste MH.52}}
- {{cite book|last=Green|first=William|title=The Aircraft of the World|year=1965|publisher=Macdonald & Co (Publishers) Ltd}}
- {{cite magazine |last=de Narbonne |first=Roland |title=Juillet 1945, dans l'aéronautique française: Un échec cuisant et un succès san suite... |magazine=Le Fana de l'Aviation |date=July 2005 |issue=428 |pages=71–74 |language=fr}}
- {{cite book|last=Ogden|first=Bob|title=Aviation Museums and Collections of Mainland Europe|year=2006|publisher=Air-Britain (Historians) Ltd|isbn=0-85130-375-7}}
- {{cite book|last=Simpson|first=Rod|title=General Aviation Handbook|year=2005|publisher=Midland Publishing|isbn= 978-1-85780-222-1}}
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985), 1985, Orbis Publishing, Page 2435/6
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