Air France personnel stationed in Damascus during the 1930s, mechanic at the Air France overhaul workshop in Damascus, and four of his work mates designed and built an amateur aircraft. Because of his five “fathers”, it was named S.B.P.C.C. DS1 “Papillon” (Moth).
The aircraft is a high-wing monoplane equipped with a 40 hp Salmson 9 Ad engine from a Klemm. The fuselage is made of molybdenum steel tubes, welded and crossed by piano strings with floor forming box. The front part is made of 0.6 mm duralumin and the rear part is clothed.
The wing is carried by a cabin in profiled and welded steel tubes and by nets in duralumin tubes profiled and covered. The wing is made of wood, consisting of a monospar forming a box with scythe spar to support the fins. The empennage is also made of wood. All the cover is in canvas.
The undercarriage is made of duralumin tubes triangulated by recoil legs. Bungee cords provide cushioning.
The tanks are made of sheet metal of welded aluminum and the controls in steel cables with torsion bar mounted on ball bearings. The aircraft is two-seater in tandem under an open cockpit.
Begun in September 1934, the aircraft flew on November 1, 1935 in Syria. It may never have been officially registered although there has been a pic sporting the S-YRIE registration.
After WW2 it may have gone to Lebanon as the DS-1 Papillon with 1947 registration LR-AAP. It was damaged in the same year.
Engine: 40hp Salmson
Wingspan: 10,00 m
Length: 6,50 m
Height: 2.05 m
Wing area: 14 sq.m
Weight: 320 kg
Max speed: 140 kph at SL
Stall: 45 kph
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