SNCAC NC.4-10
NC 4-10 | |
---|---|
Role | torpedo bomber floatplane |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre (SNCAC), Boulogne-Billancourt
|
Designer | Rocca and Caressa |
First flight | 10 July 1939 |
Number built | 1 |
The SNCAC NC.4-10 was a twin-engine floatplane torpedo bomber built in France in the late 1930s. It was one of several prototypes competing for a Navy specification but no contracts were awarded after the military lost interest in the type.
Design and development
The Farman F.410 was designed in 1934, before the part-nationalisation of the French aircraft industry in 1936-7 brought
The twin engine NC.4-10 was an all-metal aircraft. It had low-set wings with a rectangular centre section, tapering outboard of the engines. The
Originally the F.410 was designed to be powered by two
The NC.4-10 initially flew as a landplane, using a temporary fixed
Conversely, the Admiralty had changed its mind and chosen to abandon the floatplane in favour of landplanes, ordering the Lioré et Olivier LeO 45. The seaplanes of specification MT/CPT-9 ultimately remained in use for miscellaneous tasks, the NC.4-10 going to St Raphael for tests of speed, service ceiling and range. As World War II developed, the aircraft was moved to avoid the now-encroaching axis forces; on 18 May 1940, the NC.4-10 translated to Biscarrosse on the west coast of France, to escape imminent Italian attacks on the south coast. In mid-June, with German task forces closing in, the aircraft was flown to the Gulf of Bougie in North Africa. Its ultimate fate is not recorded.[1]
Specifications
Data from Les avions Farman p.230[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 4/5
- Length: 17.70 m (58 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 26.80 m (87 ft 11 in)
- Height: 6.80 m (22 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 89.00 m2 (958.0 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 8,170 kg (18,012 lb)
- Gross weight: 11,980 kg (26,411 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Gnome-Rhône 14Knrs/ors14-cylinder, two row radial, 660 kW (890 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 326 km/h (203 mph, 176 kn)
- Range: 2,000 km (1,200 mi, 1,100 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 5,800 m (19,000 ft)
Armament
- 3× machine gun positions
- 1× Hispano cannon
- 2×torpedoes or 5×225 kg bombs or 3×"heavy projectiles" of 410 kg
See also
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
Bibliography
- Liron, Jean (1984). Les avions Farman. Collection Docavia. Vol. 21. Paris: Éditions Larivière. OCLC 37146471.