Описание
Страна: Франция
Год: 1916
J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
Morane-Saulnier Type AE
The Morane-Saulnier AE was intended as a two-seat reconnaissance aircraft. Little is known about the airplane aside from the fact that it was powered by a 150-hp Le Rhone engine and had a wing area of 22 sq. m.
- J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)
Фотографии
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J.Davilla, A.Soltan - French Aircraft of the First World War /Flying Machines/
Morane-Saulnier Type AE two-seat reconnaissance aircraft. Courtesy J.M. Bruce.
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J.Herris - Weird Wings of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (70)
Throughout the war Morane-Saulnier built a lot of braced monoplanes. The AE reconnaissance prototype was not produced. The extensive wing bracing of the AE needed for its monoplane wing generated almost as much drag as a biplane without the biplane's lift or inherent strength, showing clearly why biplanes were preferred to monoplanes during WWI. Only the cantilever monoplane wing, first produced in wood by Fokker, enabled the monoplane to combine the strength of the biplane with lower drag. This was a major structural design breakthrough that eventually led to the cantilever monoplane being the dominant configuration.
