The Circa Reproductions Morane Saulnier N, also called the Bullet, is a Canadian amateur-built aircraft that was designed by Graham Lee and produced by Circa Reproductions, of Surrey, British Columbia. The aircraft is supplied as plans for amateur construction.Bayerl, Robby; Martin Berkemeier; et al: World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011-12, page 97. WDLA UK, Lancaster UK, 2011. ISSN 1368-485XTacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 103. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
The aircraft is a 90% scale replica of the First World War French Morane-Saulnier N fighter.
Design and development The aircraft features a cable-braced mid-wing, a single-seat open cockpit, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.
The aircraft is made from bolted-together aluminum tubing, with plywood fuselage formers and stringers, with its flying surfaces covered in doped aircraft fabric. Its span wing has an area of . Standard engines recommended are the Rotax 503 and the Hirth 2704 two-stroke. The Volkswagen air-cooled engine four-stroke powerplant can be used, but the requirement for a smaller diameter propeller reduces performance.
Specifications (Morane Saulnier N)
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