Morane-Saulnier MS.325

The Morane-Saulnier M.S.325 was a French fighter built by Morane-Saulnier in 1933 to meet the 1930 C1 single-seat fighter specification of the Service Technique de l'Aeronautique, which called for a supercharged engine of 26 to 30 litres. Where the company's M.S.275 kept the classic parasol monoplane layout, the M.S.325 was a more innovative low-wing, duralumin-skinned all-metal monoplane with an open cockpit, fixed landing gear and a 650 horsepower Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs engine, with two 7.7 millimetre machine guns. Its starboard wing had greater incidence than the port wing to counter torque. The first flight was made by chief test pilot Michel Detroyat early in 1933; handling problems, including tail buffeting, relegated it to also-ran status behind the Dewoitine D.500, and the design was abandoned in 1934 in favour of the M.S.405.