OVERVIEW
Potez promoted its CM.173 Super Magister as a much-improved version of the earlier, and popular, CM.170 Magister - one prototype was completed.
Potez promoted its CM.173 Super Magister as a much-improved version of the earlier, and popular, CM.170 Magister - one prototype was completed.
YEAR: 1963
STATUS: Cancelled
MANUFACTURER(S): Potez - France
PRODUCTION: 1
OPERATORS: France (cancelled)
SPECIFICATIONS
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Potez CM.173 Super Magister model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
Unless otherwise noted the presented statistics below pertain to the Potez CM.173 Super Magister model. Common measurements, and their respective conversions, are shown when possible.
CREW: 2
LENGTH: 33.46 feet (10.2 meters)
WIDTH: 37.07 feet (11.3 meters)
HEIGHT: 9.19 feet (2.8 meters)
WEIGHT (EMPTY): 4,740 pounds (2,150 kilograms)
WEIGHT (MTOW): 7,496 pounds (3,400 kilograms)
ENGINE: 2 x Turbomeca Marbore VI turbojet engines developing 1,080lb of thrust each.
SPEED (MAX): 628 miles-per-hour (1010 kilometers-per-hour; 545 knots)
RANGE: 578 miles (930 kilometers; 502 nautical miles)
CEILING: 36,089 feet (11,000 meters; 6.84 miles)
RATE-OF-CLIMB: 3,400 feet-per-minute (1,036 meters-per-minute)
ARMAMENT
PROPOSED:
2 x 12.7mm Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs).
Support for conventional drop bombs, aerial rockets, rocket pods, cannon pods, and gun pods.
PROPOSED:
2 x 12.7mm Heavy Machine Guns (HMGs).
Support for conventional drop bombs, aerial rockets, rocket pods, cannon pods, and gun pods.
VARIANTS
Series Model Variants
• CM.173 "Super Magister" - Base Series Deisgnation; single, flyable example completed.
Series Model Variants
• CM.173 "Super Magister" - Base Series Deisgnation; single, flyable example completed.
HISTORY
Detailing the development and operational history of the Potez CM.173 Super Magister Advanced Jet Trainer / Light Strike Aircraft. Entry last updated on 3/1/2019. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
Detailing the development and operational history of the Potez CM.173 Super Magister Advanced Jet Trainer / Light Strike Aircraft. Entry last updated on 3/1/2019. Authored by Staff Writer. Content ©www.MilitaryFactory.com.
The French aero-concern of Fouga ("Air Fouga") was founded in 1920, originally tying its business to the railway industry. In time, aviation became its focus and, in 1952, a first-flight of the CM.170 "Magister" was recorded. This compact straight-winged, tandem-seat, twin-engine, jet-powered trainer went on to see production reach over 900 units through global operators numbering no less than twenty - such was its popularity. In May of 1958, the French concern of Potez, itself established back in 1919, acquired Fouga's assets and the storied Fouga name was forever gone from aviation circles as soon as 1962 - the Magister being retained as a flagship product however.
Against this backdrop, Potez attempted to interest foreign players in a new low-cost, revised version of an "ultimate" Magister during the 1960s to be known as the CM.173 "Super Magister". The product was to content with standing requirements centered on Advanced Jet Training (AJT) with a built-in light strike / Close-Air Support (CAS) capability - either for European players or the extensive global list of Magister operators.
The slim aircraft retained much of the form-and-function of its original design but incorporated benefits such as upgraded electronics, improved communications and navigation, and a reworked internal fuel system. The aircraft continued with its tandem-seating, twin turbojet layout. The wing mainplanes were straight-lined and mid-mounted while the tail unit was dominated by the trademark "V-tail" plane arrangement. A shallow tricycle undercarriage was used for ground-running, giving the aircraft a very low profile while at rest.
At the heart of this new aircraft were 2 x Turbomeca "Marbore VI" turbojet engines developing 1,080lb of thrust each. The engines were seated side-by-side in the design, aspirated by side-mounted, semi-circular intakes positioned along the fuselage sides and exhausted aftwards through individual jetpipes straddling the aft-section of the fuselage (and terminating well short of the aircraft's tail unit). Structurally, the aircraft had reported dimensions that included a running length of 33.5 feet and a wingspan of 37 feet. Gross weight reached 7,450lb.
It was intended that the aircraft would carry 2 x 12.7mm heavy machine guns and support the carrying of conventional drop bombs, rockets, rocket pods, gun pods and cannon pods for its strike role.
The CM.173 Super Magister was completed and, following requisite ground trials, recorded its first-flight on June 8th, 1964. However, it failed to generate much interest in a crowded Cold War marketplace and fell to history as nothing more than an aviation footnote.
Against this backdrop, Potez attempted to interest foreign players in a new low-cost, revised version of an "ultimate" Magister during the 1960s to be known as the CM.173 "Super Magister". The product was to content with standing requirements centered on Advanced Jet Training (AJT) with a built-in light strike / Close-Air Support (CAS) capability - either for European players or the extensive global list of Magister operators.
The slim aircraft retained much of the form-and-function of its original design but incorporated benefits such as upgraded electronics, improved communications and navigation, and a reworked internal fuel system. The aircraft continued with its tandem-seating, twin turbojet layout. The wing mainplanes were straight-lined and mid-mounted while the tail unit was dominated by the trademark "V-tail" plane arrangement. A shallow tricycle undercarriage was used for ground-running, giving the aircraft a very low profile while at rest.
At the heart of this new aircraft were 2 x Turbomeca "Marbore VI" turbojet engines developing 1,080lb of thrust each. The engines were seated side-by-side in the design, aspirated by side-mounted, semi-circular intakes positioned along the fuselage sides and exhausted aftwards through individual jetpipes straddling the aft-section of the fuselage (and terminating well short of the aircraft's tail unit). Structurally, the aircraft had reported dimensions that included a running length of 33.5 feet and a wingspan of 37 feet. Gross weight reached 7,450lb.
It was intended that the aircraft would carry 2 x 12.7mm heavy machine guns and support the carrying of conventional drop bombs, rockets, rocket pods, gun pods and cannon pods for its strike role.
The CM.173 Super Magister was completed and, following requisite ground trials, recorded its first-flight on June 8th, 1964. However, it failed to generate much interest in a crowded Cold War marketplace and fell to history as nothing more than an aviation footnote.
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General Assessment (BETA)
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MF Power Rating (BETA)
64
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Relative Maximum Speed Rating
Hi: 750mph
Lo: 375mph
This entry's maximum listed speed (628mph).
Graph average of 562.5 miles-per-hour.
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Unit Production Comparison
Comm. Market HI*: 44,000 units
Military Market HI**: 36,183 units
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