Nord 2200

Nord 2200
Role	Shipboard Fighter
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Nord Aviation
First flight	16 December 1949
Number built	1

The Nord 2200 was a fighter aircraft developed for France's 1946 requirement for a shipboard fighter. It first flew on 16 December 1949, but it was not selected for the requirement and therefore never produced.

Development

SNCA du Nord (Nord Aviation) developed the aircraft to meet the shipboard fighter requirement which dictated that the aircraft be armed with three 20mm or 30mm cannon and carry 500 kg bombs or rockets. The aircraft was powered by a 22.2 kN (5,000 lbf) Hispano-Suiza Nene 102 turbojet engine and featured 24° swept wings. The prototype aircraft, ultimately the only aircraft built, did not have any armament installed, not did it have the folding wings that would be required for carrier use. The aircraft was damaged on 24 June 1950, and the rebuilt aircraft featured a larger vertical tail and space for radar in the nose, over the engine air intake. Despite continuing flight testing until 1954, a variant of the de Havilland Sea Venom, the Aquilon, was selected as the shipboard fighter for the requirement.

Specifications (Nord 2200)

Data from The Complete Book of Fighters

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 13.9 m (45 ft 7 in)
• Wingspan: 12 m (39 ft 4 in)
• Height: 4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
• Wing area: 31.6 m² (340 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 4,830 kg (10,648 lb)
• Gross weight: 7,890 kg (17,394 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza Nene 102 centrifugal-flow turbojet engine, 22 kN (5,000 lbf) thrust

Performance

• Maximum speed: 963 km/h (598 mph, 520 kn)
• Rate of climb: 23 m/s (4,500 ft/min)

Bibliography

• Buttler, Tony (2015). X-Planes of Europe. Vol. II: Military Prototype Aircraft from the Golden Age 1946–1974. Manchester, UK: Hikoki Publications. ISBN 978-1-90210-948-0.
• Carbonel, Jean-Christophe (2016). French Secret Projects. Vol. 1: Post War Fighters. Manchester, UK: Crecy Publishing. ISBN 978-1-91080-900-6.