SNCAC NC.150
| NC.150 | |
|---|---|
| |
| Role | High-altitude bomber |
| National origin | France |
| Manufacturer | SNCAC |
| First flight | 11 May 1939 |
| Number built | 1 |
The SNCAC NC.150 (also known as the Centre NC.150) was a prototype
Design and development
When the nationalisation of the French aircraft industry resulted in the creation of the Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre (
SNCAC continued work on high-altitude aircraft, proposing two pressurised bombers in 1938. The first, the NC.140, was a four-engined bomber using the wings of the Farman F.223.3 but was quickly abandoned in favour of the smaller, twin-engined NC.150.
SNCAC began work on two prototypes as a private venture in 1938. These two prototypes were not to be fitted with cabin pressurisation, although this was planned for a third prototype.
Development was stopped, however, by
Variants
- NC.150.01
- First prototype. Not fitted with pressurisation and unarmed.
- NC.150.02
- Second prototype. Unpressurised but to be fitted with full armament. Not completed.[9]
- NC.151.03
- Third prototype, representing original bomber design, with pressure cabin and full armament. Not completed.[8]
- NC.152
- Planned production version powered by two supercharged Hispano-Suiza 12Y engines.[8]
- NC.153
- Planned production version powered by two supercharged 1,850 hp (1,380 kW) Pratt & Whitney R-2800 S1A4-G Double Wasp radial engines.[8]
Specifications (NC.150 - armament planned for 150.02)
Data from War Planes of the Second World War:Volume Seven Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft[8]
General characteristics
- Crew: Four
- Length: 17.60 m (57 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 21.882 m (71 ft 9.5 in)
- Height: 4.19 m (13 ft 9 in) [10]
- Wing area: 61.10 m2 (657.7 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 7,733 kg (17,048 lb)
- Gross weight: 10,077 kg (22,216 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Hispano-Suiza 12Y 32/33 liquid-cooled V12 engines, 720 kW (960 hp) each
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Xirs liquid-cooled V12 engine driving NC-C2 supercharger, 510 kW (690 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 600 km/h (373 mph, 324 kn) at 8,000 m (26,250 ft)
- Cruise speed: 510 km/h (317 mph, 275 kn) at 8,000 m (26,250 ft) (long-range cruise)
- Range: 2,200 km (1,367 mi, 1,188 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 11,380 m (37,350 ft)
- Time to altitude: 19 min 7 s to 8,000 m (26,250 ft)
Armament
- Guns:
- 1× 20-mm Hispano-Suiza HS.404 cannon in power operated dorsal mounting,
- 1× 7.5 mm MAC 1934machine gun in nose,
- 1× machine gun in ventral mounting
- Bombs: 1,200 kg (2,650 lb) bombs
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
- Lioré et Olivier LeO 45
- Amiot 354
- Petlyakov Pe-8 - originally planned with similar central engine driven supercharger
Notes
- ^ Green 1967, pp. 151–152.
- ^ Green 1967, p.152.
- ^ a b Breffort and Jouineau 2005, p. 79.
- ^ Green 1967, pp. 153–154.
- ^ a b Green 1967, p. 153.
- ^ Green 1967, p. 155.
- ^ Green 1967, pp. 154–156.
- ^ a b c d e Green 1967, p. 156.
- ^ Green 1967, pp. 155–156.
- ^ "S.N.C.A.C. NC.150". Aviafrance. Retrieved 5 September 2010. (In French)
References
- Breffort, Dominique and André Jouineau. French Aircraft 1939–1942: Fighters, Bombers, Reconnaissance and Observation types: Volume 2: From Dewoitine to Potez. Paris: Histoire & Collections, 2005. ISBN 2-915239-49-5
- Green, William. War Planes of the Second World War: Volume Seven: Bombers and Reconnaissance Aircraft. London: Macdonald, 1967
External links
- SNCAC NC.150. (Russian)