Morane - Sauliner Tail Sitter
Morane - Sauliner

MS 1001 Statodyne


MS 1001 Tail Sitter
MS 1001 The MS 1001 was a proposed in January 1955 as a tailsitter with a triangular arrangement of three wings (the upper one serving as a dorsal fin). The pilot stood for VTOL and lay prone for cruise. The annular inlet encircled the cockpit. Details of the landing gear are unknown.
  • Wing: ~ 1.6 m
  • Fuselage: ~ 1.4 m diameter
  • Length: ~ 9.4 m
  • 3-side-view
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MS 1001 Statodyne Tail Sitter
The MS 1001 Statodyne was a proposed in January 1955 as a tailsitter, with four legs unfolding from the fuselage, between the two wings and the upper and lower tail surfaces. The Statodyne used a unique propulsion system concept. MS 1001 Statodyne In order to use two Orpheus engines for vertical thrust without increasing the diameter of the fuselage, the engines were mounted vertically, each facing away from the other. The lower engine, fitted with an afterburner, was augmented by the upper engine, which exhausted upward into a bifurcated exhaust nozzle that vectored the thrust through 180° to add to the lower engine. Engine air intake was through tow side inlets that fed the engines through splitter ducts.
  • Power: 2 x Orpheus
  • Thrust: 3,960 kg (8,730 lb) with afterburner
  • Maximum Speed: 1.7 Mach
  • Wing span: 4.6 m (15.1 ft)
  • Surface Area: 17 m² (183 ft²)
  • Length: 10.8 m (35.4 ft)
  • Maximum VTO Weight: 3,400 kg (7,500 lb)
  • 3-side-view
MS 1001 Statodyne propulsion system
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Project 12-54 Tail Sitter
  • Power: 2 x Orpheus
  • Thrust: 2,920 kg + 2,200 kg (6,437 lb + 4,850 lb) with afterburner
  • Maximum Speed: 1,840 km/h (994 kt) at sea level
  • Maximum Altitude: 19,000 m (62,000 ft)
  • Maximum rate of climb: 292 m/s (958 ft/s)
  • Time to climb (15 km): 3.5 min
  • Wing span: 4.62 m (15.2 ft)
  • Surface Area: 17 m² (183 ft²)
  • Length: 10 m (32.8 ft)
  • Empty Weight: 2,738 kg (6,036 lb)
  • Maximum VTO Weight: 3,596 kg (7,928 lb)
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Project 4-55 Tail Sitter
  • Power: 1 x Orpheus + 1 x Marboré
  • Thrust: 4,500 kg + 400 kg (9920 lb + 882 lb) with afterburner
  • Maximum Speed: 2 Mach
  • Wing span: 5.16 m (16.9 ft)
  • Surface Area: 21 m² (226 ft²)
  • Length: 10.1 m (33.1 ft)
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Statodyne 02 Tail Sitter
  • Power: 2 x Atar 101E
  • Thrust: 6,700 kg (14,770 lb) with afterburner
  • Maximum Speed: 1.7 Mach
  • Wing span: 5.24 m (17.2 ft)
  • Surface Area: 20 m² (215 ft²)
  • Length: 10.9 m (35.8 ft)
  • Maximum VTO Weight: 5,500 kg (12,125 lb)
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    Sources:
  • The V/STOL Encyclopedia Series: Volume 2 France 10 December 2002.
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