Colomban Cri-Cri

THE AIRCRAFT

Meet Colomban Cri-Cri

The Cri-Cri began as Michel Colomban’s compact twin-engine aircraft project in 1971, with the first flight recorded in the ATSimulations manual on 19 July 1973. It packages one pilot, a short-span wing and two engines into an airframe whose scale is its defining visual feature. The original piston aircraft and later jet or float renditions belong to different configuration scopes.

Research-based aircraft backgroundATSimulations · ATSimulations MC-15 Cri-Cri User Manual ↗

HOW IT CAME TO BE

History & design

A small aircraft with a long experimental life

ATSimulations’ aircraft-history section records the project’s 1971 beginning and July 1973 first flight. Its package includes twin-piston, jet and float-equipped versions. Those adaptations change propulsion or surface contact, so the original piston handbook is the reference for that original configuration.

ATSimulations · ATSimulations MC-15 Cri-Cri User Manual ↗

ATSimulations history and package variants.

Elastic feel in pitch and roll

The preserved flight handbook describes rubber-band feel and cockpit trim on both primary axes. The small aircraft therefore has deliberately added elastic loading as well as its aerodynamic surface forces. Its three flap positions and central brake grip form separate parts of the cockpit arrangement.

Aircraft flight manual via ATSimulations · Cri-Cri Flight Manual ↗

Original Cri-Cri flight handbook; piston configuration.

An ambitious small homebuilt

ATSimulations’ history describes Michel Colomban’s aim of combining two small engines with an economical airframe capable of aerobatics. Robert Buisson made the first flight in July 1973. The developer also stresses that the apparent simplicity of the tiny aircraft hides demanding construction, including specialist materials and tooling. Its all-metal structure and small dimensions are part of the original design story; the package’s jet and float versions extend that story in different directions.

ATSimulations · ATSimulations MC-15 Cri-Cri User Manual ↗

ATSimulations MC-15 guide; developer aircraft-history account

VIRTUAL VERSIONS

In your simulator

No released simulator product is listed for this aircraft in the developers reviewed. Announced products are excluded.

GO TO THE SOURCE

Manuals & resources

Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.

Manual

↗ATSimulations MC-15 Cri-Cri User ManualATSimulations · ATSimulations history and package variants. ↗Cri-Cri Flight ManualAircraft flight manual via ATSimulations · Original Cri-Cri flight handbook; piston configuration.

Developer documentation

↗ATSimulations - MSFS Cri-Criwww.atsimulations.com · Aircraft equipment and developer product details.

AIRCRAFT AND FEEL

Built-in force-feedback profiles

Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.

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