Dewoitine Projects & Prototypes

[juanT]

HI
D-550 (L+K 15-1997) and D-520Z ,sorry, sure this last one was for the postwar projects section (Aviation Magazine Int.)

 

[Deltafan]

HI
D-520Z ,sorry, sure this last one was for the postwar projects section (Aviation Magazine Int.)

No problem.
According to the book Le Dewoitine 520, Authors Danel and Cuny, Docavia/Larivière editing, the history of the D-520 Z began between the Summer 1941 and january 1942, when a 1/8 windmodel was tested. In September 12, 1942, the German occupier authorized the construction of the prototype. It left the factory in February 1943, but the Germans prohibited the continuation of the program in March 1943. It was then stored, but studies on the D-520 Z were able to continue until the end of the war. It is then in the good part of the forum.

In 1948, it was to serve only as a testbed for the 12 Z engine. In April its engine was changed, but during the flying tests (only straight lines above the runway) of October 22, the engine still worked so badly that the tests were definitively abandoned.

 

[juanT]

Thank you Deltafan, Another development of this family, the D-551 C1 (Aviation Magazine int.) ...and something interesting, this company called Replic-Air is building a replica of this model http://replicair.fr/en/aircraft/dewoitine-d551/

 

[hesham]

Hi,

C.A.E.D. - De Dewoitine à AIRBUS

Constructions Aéronautiques Emile Dewoitine 1920-1923 Suite à son départ de chez Latécoère en août 1920, il loue au 22 rue Lafayette à Toulouse un deux pièces ou il installe une planche à dessin et crée la CAED, dont il est le seul membre. Il travaille d’abord sur des études de profil d’ailes...

www.aerotheque.com

 

[hesham]

From L'Aeronautique 1936.