Dassault V/STOL Aircraft
Dassault
| MD 610 Cavalier |
Vectored Thrust |
In addition to the Mirage lift engine demonstrators, in 1960, Dassault also studied the use of the Bristol BE 53-8 engine
(a variation of the engine then being developed for the Hawker P.1127 and later the Harrier) for V/STOL concepts.
- Power: one BE 53-8 with 8,600 kg (18,960 lb) thrust
- Maximum Speed: 1 Mach
- Wing span: 8.8 m (28.9 ft)
- Wing Area: 20 m² (65.6 ft²)
- Length: 14.8 m (48.6 ft)
- Empty Weight: 4,580 kg (10,097 lb)
- VTOL Weight: 7,500 kg (16,535 lb)
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| MD 620 Cavalier |
Lift + Lift/Cruise |
They were a light attack plane, being able to carry a single nuclear weapon.
- Lift Power: four RB.153 lift engines (1700 kg each)
- Lift/Cruise Power: one Rolls-Royce RB.165 (4,100 kg)
- Maximum Speed: 1 Mach
- Wing span: 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Wing Area: 15 m² (49.2 ft²)
- Length: 12.7 m (41.7 ft)
- Empty Weight: 4,260 kg (9,392 lb)
- VTOL Weight: 6,600 kg (14,550 lb)
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| MD 630 Cavalier |
Lift + Lift/Cruise |
A STOL version, called the "Troisième Cavalier", was designed as well, using 2 JTF10 engines. The Cavalier, however,
was rejected by the French Armée de l'Air and Dassault, however, because it was only a Mach 1 aircraft.
On 5 July 1960, the Service Technique del'Aéronautique (STAé) wrote to Dassault to design a Mach 2 VTOL aircraft.
As a result, the Mirage was selected for further development.
- Lift Power: two RB.162 (1570 kg each) located behind the cockpit with one tilted left and the other right; it appears that they had vanes for thrust vectoring as well.
- Lift/Cruise Power: two Rolls-Royce RB.153 engines (1570 kg each)
- Maximum Speed: 1 Mach
- Wing span: 7.5 m (24.6 ft)
- Wing Area: 15 m² (49.2 ft²)
- Length: 12.5 m (41 ft)
- Empty Weight: 3,280 kg (7,231 lb)
- VTOL Weight: 5,600 kg (12,345 lb)
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