The Potez 36 was a French two-seat touring or sport monoplane designed and built by Potez.
Design and development The Potez 36 was a high-wing braced monoplane with a conventional landing gear. It had an enclosed cabin with side-by-side seating for a pilot and passenger. The design had some unusual features like folding wings to make it easier to store or to tow behind a motor car. Some of the aircraft had Potez-designed leading-edge slats. The aircraft was popular with both French private owners and flying clubs with a small number being used by the French Air Force during the 1930s as liaison aircraft.
Variants Potez 36 Prototype of the series powered by a Salmson 5Ac radial engine. Potez36/1 production version powered by a Renault 4Pa; two built. Potez 36/3 Prototype followed by six production aircraft with no slats, powered by a Salmson 5Ac radial engine. Potez 36/5 Variant with no slats but powered by a Salmson 7Ac engine; five built. Potez 36/13 Production version of the 36/5 but fitted with leading-edge slats, 96 built.
Potez 36/14 Variant with a Renault 4Pb engine and leading-edge slats and wheel brakes, 103 built. Potez 36/15 Variant with a Potez 6Ab engine, 18 built. Potez 36/17 Variant with a Cirrus Hermes IIB engine, two built. Potez 36/19 Variant with a Renault 4Pci engine, two built. Potez 36/21 Production variant with a Potez 6Ac engine and wheels with balloon tyres, 29 built.
Specifications (Potez 36/3)
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