Potez 36
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| name=Potez 36 | image=Challenge 1929 Potez.jpg | caption="Challenge International de Tourisme", 1929 }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type=Two-seat sport/touring monoplane | national origin=France | manufacturer=Potez | designer= | first flight=1929 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=300+ | developed from= | variants with their own articles=Potez 43 & Potez 58 }} |
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 {{convert|60|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Salmson 5Ac radial engine.
;Potez36/1
:production version powered by a {{convert|70|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Renault 4Pa; two built.
;Potez 36/3
:Prototype followed by six production aircraft with no slats, powered by a {{convert|60|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Salmson 5Ac radial engine.
;Potez 36/5
:Variant with no slats but powered by a {{convert|95|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Salmson 7Ac engine; five built.
;Potez 36/13
:Production version of the 36/5 but fitted with leading-edge slats, 96 built.
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;Potez 36/14
:Variant with a {{convert|95|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Renault 4Pb engine and leading-edge slats and wheel brakes, 103 built.
;Potez 36/15
:Variant with a {{convert|100|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Potez 6Ab engine, 18 built.
;Potez 36/17
:Variant with a {{convert|104|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Cirrus Hermes IIB engine, two built.
;Potez 36/19
:Variant with a {{convert|100|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Renault 4Pci engine, two built.
;Potez 36/21
:Production variant with a {{convert|100|hp|kW|abbr=on|order=flip}} Potez 6Ac engine and wheels with balloon tyres, 29 built.
Specifications (Potez 36/3)
File:Potez_36_3-view_Aero_Digest_December_1929.png
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|width m=4.00
|width note=(wings folded)Cony Avions September–October 2009, p. 39
|wing area sqm=20.00
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|empty weight kg=427
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|gross weight kg=650
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Salmson 5Ac
|eng1 type= 5-cylinder radial piston engine
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|eng1 hp=60
|max speed kmh=150
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|cruise speed kmh=120
|range km=500
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|ceiling m=3600
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References
{{commons category|Potez 36}}
;Notes
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;Bibliography
- {{cite magazine |last=Cony |first=Christophe |title=Potez 36: Une révolution dans l'aviation de tourisme |language=fr |magazine=Avions |date=July–August 2009 |issue=170 |pages=18–24 |issn=1253-5354}}
- {{cite magazine |last=Cony |first=Christophe |title=Potez 36: Une révolution dans l'aviation de tourisme: Deuxième partie |language=fr |magazine=Avions |date=September–October 2009 |issue=171 |pages=37–49 |issn=1253-5354}}
- {{cite magazine |last=Cony |first=Christophe |title=Potez 36: L'appareil qui révolutionna l'aviation de tourisme: Troisième partie |language=fr |magazine=Avions |date=November–December 2009 |issue=172 |pages=6–23 |issn=1253-5354}}
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London }}
- {{cite book |title= The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985)|publisher= Orbis Publishing}}
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