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Configuration
| Specification | L-15Z | Morane-Saulnier MS.230 |
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| Variant description | L-15Z : Designation of L-15 advanced fighter trainer in Zambian Air Force service.[source]Only the source-declared variant L-15Z | — |
| Type | — | Elementary Trainer[source] |
| Manufacturer | — | Morane-Saulnier[source] |
| Primary user | — | Armée de l'Air Flight School, Reims, France[source] |
| Number built | — | 1000+[source] |
Wingspan
Single source10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)[source]
1 × Salmson 9AB 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
Single source1 × Salmson 9AB 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp)[source]
Wing area
Single source19.7 m 2 (212 sq ft)[source]
Service ceiling
Single source5,000 m (16,000 ft)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| First flight |
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February 1929[source] |
| Fuel capacity | — | 220 L (58 US gal; 48 imp gal) jettison-able fuselage tank with a 22 L (5.8 US gal; 4.8 imp gal) centre-section gravity tank[source] |
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| Propellers | — | 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller[source] |
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| Never exceed speed | — | 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)[source] |
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| Time to altitude | — | 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 11 minutes 18 seconds[source] |
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| Wing loading | — | 61.3 kg/m 2 (12.6 lb/sq ft)[source] |
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| Power/mass | — | 0.1429 kW/kg (0.0869 hp/lb)[source] |
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