North NC.850
| North NC.850 | |
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 North NC.858S at St. Cyr l'Ecole Airfield near Paris |
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| Type: | Sport aircraft and observation aircraft |
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1947 |
The Nord NC.850 (originally produced as Aérocentre NC.850) is a sport aircraft from the late 1940s produced by the French manufacturer Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Center for the French aero clubs.
History and construction
The NC.850 series was developed from the Aérocentre NC.840 on the basis of a competition by the French government for a domestically built light sport aircraft for the French aero clubs . The development of the Aérocentre (SNCAC) was a clumsy high-wing aircraft with braced wings, a fully enclosed cabin and fixed tail wheel landing gear . The fuselage structure was tubular and the wings consisted of a metal structure and, like the entire aircraft, were covered with fabric.
The competition was won by SIPA S.90 , but the aero clubs still ordered 100 copies. This production was named NC.853 and differed from the prototypes by the double tail. After only 27 copies were produced, Aérocentre was liquidated and their assets were bought by Nord . The new owners continued production, now under the designation NC.853S.
In March 1951, a heavily modified version of this aircraft first flew as an observation aircraft for the French army . The NC.856 Norvegie had a more powerful engine and an extended and more extensive glazed cockpit. The army ordered 112 copies as artillery observation planes. A civilian version was also offered, but it was unsuccessful as only two copies could be sold. An airplane was equipped with floats and made a gift to King Norodom Sihanouk of Cambodia .
variants
- NC.850 : Prototype with conventional tail unit and Mathis G4F engine (1 copy built)
- NC.851 : Version with Minié -4DA engine (9 built)
- NC.852 : Version with Regnier -4EO engine (2 built)
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NC.853 : main version with double tail , a Minié 4DC.30 drive (29 built)
- NC.853S : NC.853 built by Nord (95 copies)
- NC.853G : NC.853 equipped with floats (1 converted)
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NC.854 : NC.853 with a Continental A65 engine (2 newly built, several NC.853 were converted)
- NC.854SA : military NC.854 (2 copies)
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NC.856 : NC.853 with Walter Minor drive (1 built)
- NC.856A Norvigie : military version with redesigned cockpit with enlarged glazing and Regnier 4LO engine (112 built)
- NC.856B : four-seater version of the NC.856 (1 built)
- NC.856H : version of the NC.856 equipped with floats with triple tail (1 built)
- NC.856N : four-seater civil version of the NC.856A (2 built)
- NC.858S : converted NC.853 with the Continental C90 engine
- NC.859S : Glider tow version of the NC.853 with Walter Minor engine (9 built)
Military use
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France : French Army (112 units)
Technical data (NC.856A)
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 3 |
| length | 7.65 m |
| span | 12.05 m |
| height | 2.22 m |
| Wing area | 16.86 m² |
| Empty mass | 700 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1100 kg |
| Cruising speed | 180 km / h |
| Top speed | 250 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 3000 m |
| Range | ? km |
| Engines | 1 × Regnier 4L.O4 piston engine with 101 kW |
See also
literature
- The Paris Show ... A First View of the Scene . In: Flight . June 17, 1955, pp. 832-40.
- Leonard Bridgman (Ed.): Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1953-54 . Jane's, London 1953.
- RW Simpson: Airlife's General Aviation . Airlife Publishing, Shrewsbury 1995.
- James Hay Stevens: Flying a French Lightweight . In: Flight . July 4, 1952, pp. 8-9.
- James Hay Stevens: French Originality . In: Flight . June 26, 1953, pp. 811-15.
- JH Michael Taylor: Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . Studio Editions, London 1989.
Web links
- Le SNCAC NC 856 A «Norvigie». , accessed on February 9, 2016 (fr)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Simpson 1995, 371
- ↑ Data from Les avions de la guerre d'Algérie , accessed on October 28, 2012 (fr)