Talk:Société de Constructions et d'Aviation Légère

FB.30 engine
Seems certain that the FB.30 had a Mengin engine (not Menguin, as Jackson has it). There are two candidates (Jack Erickson's HOAE compilation): the 33 hp Mengin C and the 40 hp Mengin G.M.H. The Flight articles say a 32 hp engine, Erickson and Jackson say 40 hp, Erickson specifically identifying the GMH. However, the FB.30 dates from 1935 (Jackson) or 1936, as does the Mengin C (Erickson), but according to Erickson the GMH dates from 1938. Suggests the Mengin C was the original motor, but maybe a GMH later? Anyone know more? TSRL (talk) 21:52, 9 June 2010 (UTC)

FB.40/41
There were two little biplanes, the FB.41 (F-WEPL post-war) and also the FB.40 or FB.4 F-WEPM. Gaillard says the FB.41 had a 70 hp Regnier (inline) engine before the war but was fitted with the Continental A65 post-war. He says that the same happened to 'WM and there is in his book a photo of that aircraft with an engine which is not a flat four. Oddly, this shows the reg as F- EPM; perhaps it was being moved from F-W... to F-P.... They are both in Chillon's reg as F-PEPL and F-PEPM.TSRL (talk) 22:35, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Some further notes
1) There were two Bassou brothers, Felix and Antoine. Felix's name provided the F in FB but Antoines's is the one that mostly comes up in the French literature. Possibly F was the businessman and A the designer. Any info welcome. 2) There was an earlier FB design, the FB.20. .TSRL (talk) 16:03, 13 April 2021 (UTC)
 * SCAL FB-41 will be uploaded soon.TSRL (talk) 16:05, 13 April 2021 (UTC)

Editing
I've drastically cut the Aircraft Designs section as we now have pages on the FB.30 and FB.40. Much info has been gratefully transferred, though the post war FB.31 info remains to be done. A ref for the FB.20 will arrive soon, though it's minimal. There were lots of Flight refs here that have largely been replaced by French ones in the separate articles because they are still online; if and when the Flight archives return online it will be easier to see if they add stuff.

Generally we don't have detailed aircraft descriptions on manufacturers' pages.TSRL (talk) 21:29, 20 April 2021 (UTC)


 * The two outstanding tasks above are now done.TSRL (talk) 22:07, 20 April 2021 (UTC)