Jodel D.11

D.11
SAN Jodel D.117
Role	Trainer/tourer
Manufacturer	Jodel and others
Designer	Jean Délémontez
First flight	4 April 1950
Number built	more than 3,000
Unit cost	€300 (D.112 plans, 2015)
Developed from	Jodel D9
Variants	Falconar F11 Sporty

The Jodel D.11 is a French two-seat monoplane designed and developed by Société Avions Jodel in response to a French government request for a low-wing aircraft for use by the nation's many emerging flying clubs.

More than 3,000 examples have been built and flown.

Designers Édouard Joly and Jean Délémontez based the design on two of their earlier projects; they combined the wing of the projected D.10 with a lengthened and widened version of the D.9 fuselage. The first example flew on 4 April 1950. Of conventional tailwheel configuration, the D11 featured a fixed, spatted undercarriage, and accommodated pilot and passenger side-by-side. The wing panels outboard of the landing gear struts had a marked dihedral. Various powerplants were installed, typically Salmson 9, Continental O-170 or Continental O-200. The aircraft uses all-wood construction with a single piece box-spar.

D.11s were licence-built by a number of manufacturers in Europe and elsewhere, including Wassmer, Aero Difusión, and Falconar Avia. Many examples were also home-built with plans provided by Falconar.

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