The Morane-Saulnier AC , also known as Morane-Saulnier Type AC and MoS 23 , was a French fighter of the 1910s.
5-489: The AC was conceived in mid-1916, being derived from the Type N via the unbuilt Type U. It differed from earlier single-seat Morane-Saulnier aircraft in that it had ailerons for lateral control rather than wing warping , and because of its rigid wing bracing, with a wire braced truss of steel tubes supporting the wings from below. It appeared in autumn of that year, and was found to be aerodynamically clean. The AC's first flight
10-867: Is unrecorded, however it is assumed that it was late summer 1916. After initial testing thirty aircraft were ordered for the Aviation Militaire . Although of advanced design and good performance, the AC was considered inferior to the SPAD S.VII and therefore was not adopted in quantity. Two examples were provided to the Royal Flying Corps for evaluation. Data from War Planes of the First World War:Volume Five Fighters General characteristics Performance Armament Morane-Saulnier N The Morane-Saulnier N , also known as
15-543: The Imperial Russian Air Force . While the Type N was a clean, streamlined aircraft, it was not easy to fly due to a combination of stiff lateral control caused by using wing warping instead of ailerons , sensitive pitch and yaw controls caused by using an all flying tail, and very high landing speed for the period. The Type N mounted a single unsynchronized forward-firing 7.9 mm Hotchkiss machine gun which used
20-747: The Morane-Saulnier Type N , was a French monoplane fighter aircraft of the First World War . Designed and manufactured by Morane-Saulnier , the Type N entered service in April 1915 with the Aéronautique Militaire designated as the MoS-5 C1 . It also equipped four squadrons of the Royal Flying Corps , in which it was nicknamed the Bullet, and was operated in limited numbers by the 19th Squadron of
25-525: The deflector wedges first used on the Morane-Saulnier Type L , in order to fire through the propeller arc. The later I and V types used a .303 -in Vickers machine gun . A large metal "casserolle" spinner, appearing much like those used on the Deperdussin Monocoque pre-war racer of 1912, was designed to streamline the aircraft; but caused the engines to overheat. In 1915, the spinners were removed and
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