Dassault Balzac V
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The Dassault Balzac V was a French vertical take-off and landing testbed of the early 1960s. It was built by Dassault Aviation from a prototype Mirage III aircraft to test the configuration for the Mirage IIIV. The sole example was badly damaged during its second flight test accident and was not repaired.

* 10 January – The Dassault Balzac V crashes on its 125th sortie, during a low-altitude hover.1
"John Fricker describes the Dassault Balzac V in the second of an occasional series covering the large number of Dassault combat aircraft prototypes and projects which appeared in the 1960s - 1970s 2
Die Dassault Balzac V (V für Vertikal) war ein Experimentalflugzeug des französischen Flugzeugherstellers Dassault Aviation, das senkrecht starten und landen konnte. Es wurde als Überschallflugzeug mit einer Hub- und Schubtriebwerkskonfiguration (lift + cruise) ausgelegt.3

Made by Dassault Aviation.

It is the successor of the Dassault Mirage III .

Mirage G, Dassault Balzac V, Dassault Falcon 50. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: The Dassault Rafale (English: ) is a French twin-engined delta-wing agile multi-role 4.4
The Dassault Balzac V was a vertical take-off and landing testbed. It was built by Dassault Aviation from a prototype Mirage III to test the configuration for the Mirage IIIV.5
Dassault Balzac V- Senkrechtstarterprojekt von Thomas Maier 9315. Holzmodell für MICRO-REX 220/12 - 1300 gesucht 9316.6
Jet Or Prop
both
Height Alt
m 15 ft
Predecessor
Dassault Mirage III
Engine(jet)
Bristol Siddeley Orpheus BOr 3
Length Alt
42
Thrust Main
21.57
Power Alt
2160
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Loaded Weight Main
7000.0
Max Speed Alt
686 mph
Type Of Prop
lift turbojet
Loading Main
257
Developed From
Dassault Mirage III
Height Main
5
Max Speed Main
1104.0
Number Built
1
Crew
1
Thrust/weight
1
Max Speed More
at sea level
Thrust Alt
4850
Span Main
7.3 m
Area Main
27.2 m²
Primary user
French Air Force
Span Alt
23
Plane Or Copter?
plane
Engine(prop)
Rolls-Royce RB108
Manufacturer
Dassault Aviation
Number Of Props
8
First Flight
13
Number Of Jets
1
Production End Year
1962
Loaded Weight Alt
15432.0
More Performance
900.0
Production Start Year
1962
Type of jet
Cruise turbojet
Empty Weight Alt
13500.0
Length Main
13.1 m
Area Alt
292.78
Similar Aircraft
* EWR VJ 101* Hawker Siddeley Harrier* Hawker P.1154* Rockwell XFV-12* Yakovlev Yak-38* Yakovlev Yak-141
Related
* Dassault Mirage III* Dassault Mirage IIIV
Empty Weight Main
6124.0
Power Main
9.6
Category
Dassault aircraft
Delta-wing aircraft
French fighter aircraft 1960-1969
VTOL aircraft
Produced
1962
Loading Alt
53

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