Projects by Pierre Mauboussin 1927 - 1940

[hesham]

Hi,

the Mauboussin M.400 was twin engined light tyransport biplane
project,powered by two 350 hp Bearn C.M.B-6D inline engines
and had estimated speed of 225 mph.
http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1943/1943%20-%202361.html

 

[red admiral]

When was this project from hesham?

Its an interesting blend of streamlining and typical biplane.

 

[Jemiba]

In "Planeurs & Avions" by Christian Castello it is said to be a development
from 1939, so the date of publishing in Flight can be a little misleading

 

[lark]

1939 is correct.It was the last design of Mauboussin.

Mauboussin M 400- Biplan a grand allongement et moteurs propulsifs.

engines : 2BE 6 DO of 350hp.
span : 22.10m
lenght : 15.00m
height : 4.01m
empty weight :2604kg
crew+passenger :3
range :100km.

 

[lark]

Error.

Range must be : 1000km.

source: L'Aviation-early sixties.

 

[Caravellarella]

Dear Hesham, here is an article I've found in French on the Mauboussin M 400 biplane project along with the Mauboussin FM 260 project; neither of which are "secret". I've edited out material on the Mauboussin M 300 which was built and flown......

The article comes from the 15th September 1967 issue of Aviation Magazine International......

Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Caravellarella very much;

and the projects of this company is such a mystery.

 

[Caravellarella]

Thank you my dear Caravellarella very much;

and the projects of this company is such a mystery.

Poor Hesham; don't worry. This list might help; it's from the same article but I didn't originally include it as many aren't "projects"......

Best, Terry (Caravellarella)

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Caravellarella,

and I know those Mauboussin aircraft,except M.130 and FM.260.

 

[toura]

Hi Hesham
Maubousin fm 260

 

[toura]

and now.........

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Toura very much.

 

[javelinfaw9]

I work for Aerospace publishing and in our entry for Marboussin in the Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft was the following:

Avions Mauboussin was well known in pre-World War 2 days for the design and manufacture of a series of efficient light aircraft and sailplanes. In 1936 the Societe des Etablissements Fouga acquired exclusive production rights for all Mauboussin designs, beginning in 1937 with the M.123. This was a two-seat lightplane with open cockpits, based on the earlier Mauboussin Corsaire, and powered by a 60-hp (45-kW) Salmson engine. An enclosed M.124 was followed by the open-cockpit M.128 and M.129, all three with the same basic airframe as the M.123 but powered respectively by the 85-hp (63-kW) Salmson 5Ap, 100-hp (75-kW) Mathis G.4R, and 70-hp (52-kW) Minie 4Do engines. Subsequent designs included the M.160, a side-by-side two-seat monoplane trainer with a 65-hp (48-kW) Regnier engine; a generally similar M.190 with revised landing gear and powered by a 95-hp (71-kW) Regnier engine; and the single-seat M.200 enclosed-cockpit racing monoplane powered by a 115-hp (86-kW) Regnier 4-EO engine. This last aircraft established new FAI class records over 100 km (62.1 miles) and 1,000 km (621 miles) in May 1939. Aircraft development was then frustrated by the outbreak of war, but subsequent designs included the M.300 which had been intended as a six-seat light civil transport and was completed as a liaison and training aircraft, with retractable landing gear and powered by two 220-hp (164-kW) Renault 6Q engines; it was completed by French air ministry request as a three/four-seat liaison/trainer in 1943. Final design was the M.400 biplane, intended as a 5,512-lb (2500-kg) capacity cargo carrier, with two 350-hp (261-kW) Beam engines mounted on the lower wing to drive pusher propellers.

 

[hesham]

My dear Jemiba,


you notice here,the members spoke about many Mauboussin aircraft and not only
M.400,please can you change the title into; Mauboussin Prototypes and Projects,
and many thanks.


From l'Aeronautique 12/1937,here is the Mauboussin M.160 side-by-side two seat
trainer aircraft project.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Jemiba.

 

[c460]

Mauboussin 160 and 190 for l'Aviation Populaire, from L'Aérophile 02/1938.
The two aircraft look closely related.

 

[hesham]

Welcome your return my dear C460.

 

[Maveric]

Thanks c460 for this two beauty´s...

 

[Maveric]

c460, can I ask you for drawings or 3view of the types Hanriot 160, Bassou E.B.4, C.A.P.R.N. Type 10 and Guerchais-Roche 25?
Thank you

 

[c460]

Thanks Hesham and Maveric.
Here is the link for more 3-views:
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/bpt6k6555153t/f19.image.r=
I'll post them in the relevant topics.

 

[hesham]

From, Annuaire_de_l'aéronautique__bpt6k9810211h,

the Mauboussin M-12.

 

[Stargazer]

From, Annuaire_de_l'aéronautique__bpt6k9810211h, the Mauboussin M-12.

Funny that no-one ever commented before on the fact that this is described as a "Biplace décapotable" (convertible two-seater) and that the photo shows a model with an enclosed cockpit... Apparently, they had planned to offer a removable hard-top extension for the M.12, but I've never seen one on the actual aircraft.

Canopies exist on later iterations of the M.12 series, though. The M.121 "Corsaire Major" is usually described as an open-cockpit type, but here are two photos of the M.121/35 version with an enclosed cockpit! And it's not like it was a later modification: the first photo is actually from the L'année aéronautique 1934!




Perhaps a specific modification for the "Major" version, then? Not at all! Here is a drawing of the M.112 "Corsaire Minor", and as you can see the enclosed canopy is shown on the left as a possible option...



The sole M.124 [F-BAOF] also had an enclosed cockpit, but of a very different kind... With the license-built Walter Mikron engine (Aster 4A), it looks more like a German or Czech type than a Mauboussin!