SNCAC NC.510
SNCAC NC.510 | |
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NC.510 | |
Role | training aircraft
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National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautique du Centre (SNCAC) |
First flight | 20 June 1938 |
Number built | 3 |
The SNCAC NC.510 was a twin-engine
Design and development
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The Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautique du Centre (SNCAC) was formed via 1936 legislation in February 1937 as a nationalised merging of the
The NC.510 was designed for
The fuselage consisted of two sections, both rounded in cross-section. The forward part, including the enclosed cockpit where the pilot was seated forward of the wing
The NC.510 first flew on 20 June 1938,
A final version, the NC.530, was further aerodynamically cleaned and speeded, chiefly by the removal of the ventral gondola. It first flew on 28 June 1939. Two were completed but no production order was won.[6]
Variants
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- NC.510
- 9-cylinder, 770 hp (574 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Kfr radial engines. One only.
- NC.510M
- 14-cylinder 680 hp (507 kW) Gnome-Rhône 14M radial engines. NC.510 modified, first flew 14 January 1939.[6]
- NC.530
- Modified fuselage without ventral pod; engines as NC.510M. First flew 28 June 1939. Two built.[7]
Specifications (NC.510)
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Data from Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938 p.113-4c[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: Three
- Length: 10.12 m (33 ft 2 in)
- Wingspan: 15.00 m (49 ft 3 in)
- Height: 2.91 m (9 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 13.5 m2 (145 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 2,757 kg (6,078 lb)
- Gross weight: 3,720 kg (8,201 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 480 kg (1,058 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Gnome-Rhône 9Kfr 9-cylinder air-cooled radials, 570 kW (770 hp) each , rated at 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch, wooden
Performance
- Maximum speed: 350 km/h (220 mph, 190 kn) at 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
- Range: 1,350 km (840 mi, 730 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 7,000 m (23,000 ft) service
- Time to altitude: 6 min to 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
- Wing loading: 118 kg/m2 (24 lb/sq ft)
- Power/mass: 300 W/kg (0.182 hp/lb)
Armament
- Guns: 3 machine guns, one in each of nose, dorsal and ventral positions
- Bombs: racks for bombs and flares
References
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- ISBN 0715-35734-4.
- ^ a b c d e Grey. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938. pp. 113–4c.
- ^ a b "Army Co-operation Types". Flight. Vol. XXXV, no. 1579. 30 March 1939. p. 1138.
- ^ "S.N.C.A.C. NC-510". Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ Grey. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1938. pp. 43–4d.
- ^ a b c "S.N.C.A.C. NC-510M". Retrieved 26 May 2013.
- ^ "S.N.C.A.C. NC-530". Retrieved 26 May 2013.