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Jodel D-18
THE JODEL D-18
– A FUN FRENCH HOMEBUILT PLANE
The Jodel D18 is a two-seater, homebuilt light
aircraft. Introduced in the mid 1980s and still
available today, it is a derivative of the tiny Jodel D9
Bebe (Baby) that was designed by Eduard Joly and
Jean Delemontez in 1948. Initially the D9 was only
meant to be for their own flying fun, but the simple
easy to build and robust design had customers
including the French government wanting to buy
it. The two men produced and licensed the aircraft
and over the years more variants including the
D18 were designed. The most distinctive feature
of the Jodel designs is the ‘cranked’ wing and the
D18 continues this tradition. This feature endows
the aeroplane with stable and predictable flying
characteristics, making it a very suitable candidate
for a rubber powered free flight model. The Jodel
Avions Company have never actually produced
this aircraft, instead licences are sold to the
homebuilder. Nearly all of the aircraft is made of
wood and power often comes from a converted VW
air-cooled unit that is cheap and readily available for
the builder, who would have to spend up to 2000
hours constructing their aircraft. It is reported that
around 500 licences have been sold, however being
a homebuilt, it is likely that a good proportion of
these have never actually taken to the air.
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