Фотографии
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Air-Britain Archive 1992-04 / Extracts. Paris 1946 (3)
The M.D.G. L.D. 45 Single-seat Light Biplane (40 h.p. Mathis G2F engine).
Another ultra-light biplane displayed at Paris in 1946 was an aerobatic single seater with a very similar layout to Jean Chapeau JC.1 Levrier. This was the MDG LD.45-01 prototype with a 40 hp 2-cyl Mathis G2-F engine which had a wingspan of 19 ft 5 in and a length of 14 ft 4 in. The narrow chord interchangeable wings had full span hinged trailing edges connected as ailerons on the lower wing and as slotted flaps on the upper. -
Air-Britain Archive 1992-04 / Extracts. Paris 1946 (3)
Регистрационный номер: F-WCDV The second prototype, the LD.45-02 F-WCDV (photo) was similar to LD.45-01 but without spats. The LD.45-04 Planchais F-PHQN differed only in having a 60 hp 4-cyl inverted in-line Walter Mikron engine, making it 5 inches longer. The LD.46 was a 2-seat version developed as the LD.46-01 F-BEAM with 65 hp Continental A65 flat four engine. As a result of the tandem seating balanced by a lengthened nose, the overall length became 3 ft 6 in longer at 17 ft 10in. Wing span was increased to 23 ft and it was named Midgy Club. None of the miniature biplanes was produced in numbers and they were eclipsed in popularity by the early Jodel monoplanes.
