Nord 2100 Norazur
Appearance
2100 Norazur | |
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Role | Ten-passenger transport monoplane |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Nord Aviation |
First flight | 30 April 1947 |
Number built | 1 |
The Nord 2100 Norazur was a 1940s French military transport monoplane designed and built at Courbevoie near Paris by SNCAN.[1][2]
Design and development
The Norazur was a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear.[1] Powered by two wing-mounted Potez piston engines in pusher configuration.[1] It had an enclosed cabin for ten passengers or freight.[1]
Designed to meet a post-war requirement for a light transport and training aircraft the Norazur first flew at Les Mureaux on 30 April 1947.[2] An additional prototype with 290 kW (390 hp) Béarn 6D-07 engines is believed to have been built.[2] With other similar designs available the type did not enter production.[2]
Variants
- N2100
- Prototype light transport with two 310 kW (420 hp) Potez 8D-03 inverted, air-cooled V-8 piston engines in pusher configuration,[3] one built.[2]
- N2101
- Prototype with alternate 290 kW (390 hp) Béarn 6D-07 inverted, air-cooled V-6 piston engines in pusher configuration,[3] believed to have been built.[2]
- N2102
- Projected variant with two SNECMA 12S engines in tractor configuration.[2]
Specifications
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Capacity: 10 passengers
- Length: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 18.0 m (59 ft 1 in)
- Height: 3.85 m (12 ft 8 in)
- Wing area: 38 m2 (410 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 3,280 kg (7,231 lb)
- Gross weight: 4,630 kg (10,207 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Potez 8D-03 inverted V-8 piston engines in pusher configuration[3], 310 kW (420 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 340 km/h (210 mph, 180 kn) at 1500m
- Cruise speed: 312 km/h (194 mph, 168 kn) at 3000m
- Range: 1,100 km (680 mi, 590 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
References
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Bridgman, Leonard (1950). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1950-51. London: Sampson, Low, Marston and Co. Ltd. p. 150c.
- Chillon, John; Dubois, J-P; Wegg, J (1980). French Post-War Transport Aircraft. Air Britain (Publishers) Ltd. ISBN 0-85130-078-2.
- Photo of N-2100