Arsenal O.101

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name=O.101


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type=Research aircraft
manufacturer=Arsenal de l'Aéronautique
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first flight=avyear|1947
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variants with their own articles=The Arsenal O.101 was a French research aircraft that flew shortly after World War II. It was a low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration with fixed tailwheel undercarriage, but incorporated several novel features for its role as an airborne testbed for evaluating airfoil sections and control surface designs. It was designed to accommodate a pilot and an observer in tandem cockpits. However, since the observer was to be watching the aircraft's wings, this cockpit was sunken fully into the fuselage, affording no fore-and-aft view at all. The pilot's cockpit was set well back along the fuselage, near the tail.

The O.101 was fitted with extensive instrumentation to measure pressures and loads throughout the aircraft, and was given dimensions such that the entire aircraft could be placed inside the wind tunnel at Chalais-Meudon without any disassembly required.

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crew=two, pilot and observer
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length m=7.60
length ft=25
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span m=8.25
span ft=27
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height m=3.20
height ft=10
height in=6
wing area sqm=8.8
wing area sqft=95
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gross weight kg=1,730
gross weight lb=3,810

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Renault 12S piston engine
eng1 kw= 370
eng1 hp= 495
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max speed kmh=450
max speed mph=280
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ceiling m=8,000
ceiling ft=26,200
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