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Evolved by Ingenieur-General Vernisse and M Badie,
the VB 10 was an all-metal single-seat fighter powered
by engines mounted in tandem fore and aft of the pilot's
cockpit and driving contra-rotating co-axial propellers.
Thirty VG 10s were ordered off the drawing board in
May 1940, and work continued under the Vichy government.
The first prototype with two 860hp Hispano-
Suiza 12Y31 12-cylinder liquid-cooled engines was flown on 7 July 1945. The second prototype with
1150hp HS 12Z12/13 engines and an armament of four
20mm Hispano-Suiza cannon and six 12.7mm Browning
machine guns flew on 21 September 1946. A contract
for 200 aircraft had been placed on 22 December
1945 (this later being cut back to 50 aircraft), and the
first production VB 10 flew on 3 November 1947 with
1150hp HS 12Z Ars 15/16 engines and an armament of
four 20mm cannon. Production was cancelled on 21
September 1948 after completion and testing of four
series aircraft.
 | A three-view drawing (1638 x 1220) |
| MODEL | VB 10 |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 8860 kg | 19533 lb |
| Empty weight | 6230 kg | 13735 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 15.49 m | 50 ft 10 in |
| Length | 12.98 m | 42 ft 7 in |
| Height | 5.20 m | 17 ft 1 in |
| Wing area | 35.50 m2 | 382.12 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 700 km/h | 435 mph |
| Range | 1700 km | 1056 miles |
| David Tuttle, dttsr(@)comcast.net, 04.06.2008 More than likely the two engines were tied together and the counter rotating prop gear box was mounted between the first engine and the props themselves. | | Jeffery Richards, jefferyramjet(@)yahoo.com, 30.04.2007 Greetings: Very nice looking airplane however I have a quesion concerning the prop shaft from the aft mounted engine, did it run thru the foward engine and if so how. I would think this aiplane is concidered a twin engine rather than a single engine. Thanks. |
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