Gatard Statoplan Poussin

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name=AG 02 Poussin


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type=Sports plane
manufacturer=Homebuilt
designer=Albert Gatard
first flight=avyear|1957
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variants with their own articles=The Gatard Statoplan AG 02 "Poussin" (French: "Chick") was a light, single-seat sports airplane developed in France in the late 1950s and marketed for homebuilding. In layout, it was a low-wing cantilever monoplane of short-coupled design with fixed tailwheel undercarriage. Construction was a plywood-covered wooden structure throughout, and the cockpit was enclosed by a large perspex bubble canopy. The variable-incidence horizontal stabiliser was fitted with small endplates to provide extra directional stability but no separate elevators.

An unusual feature of the design was the aircraft's method of climbing. In most aircraft designs, climb is achieved (without change in engine power) by pitching the aircraft so that the Angle of attack of the wings increases, thereby increasing lift. The Poussin, however, was designed to climb by lowering specially-designed flaps and trimming the tailplane to balance out any change in pitch, therefore allowing the aircraft to achieve its maximum rate of climb while keeping the fuselage within 4° of level. The extra drag created by the lowered flaps was balanced by drag saved by keeping the fuselage level.

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crew=One pilot
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length m=4.53
length ft=14
length in=11
span m=6.40
span ft=21
span in=0
height m=1.50
height ft=4
height in=11
wing area sqm=6.2
wing area sqft=66

empty weight kg=170
empty weight lb=375
gross weight kg=280
gross weight lb=617

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Volkswagen automotive engine
eng1 kw=18
eng1 hp=24

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cruise speed kmh= 144
cruise speed mph= 89
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climb rate ms=2.2
climb rate ftmin=435

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