| With the creation of the Societe Nationale de Constructions
Aeronautiques du Centre by the fusion of the
Hanriot and Farman concerns under the Law for the
Nationalisation of Military Industries, major redesign was initiated of the Hanriot H.220 twin-engined three-seat
fighter. The first result of this redesign
was the H.220-2, which was displayed statically as the
NC 600 in July 1939 at the Salon de l'Aeronautique held
in Brussels. This aircraft was not, however, the
genuine NC 600, which differed from the H.220-2 in
having, among other changes, a revised wing. Whereas
the wing of the H.220 had a leading edge perpendicular
to the fuselage, both spars featuring several degrees of
forward sweep, that of the NC 600 had some three
degrees of leading edge taper and perpendicular spars
(span and area remaining unchanged), thus removing
the last commonality with the original H.220. Although
the H.220-2 had not overcome the airflow turbulence
generated by the wing centre section bracing struts
which produced serious tail buffet under certain conditions,
the SNCA du Centre persisted in retaining this feature for the NC 600, which flew for the first time on
15 May 1940. This aircraft, which introduced raised aft
fuselage decking, redesigned endplate fins and rudders,
and a raised tail assembly, was powered by two
Gnome-Rhone 14M0/01 Mars radials each rated at
710hp for take-off. Armament consisted of two 20-mm
HS 404 cannon plus two 7.5mm MAC 1934 machine
guns firing forward and a 20mm weapon on a flexible
mounting firing aft, this partially retracting into a slot in
the fuselage decking. The NC 600 was proposed as a
two-seat fighter, and although there is no record of an
official order for this type, six were under construction
when the Wehrmacht occupied Bourges.
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WEIGHTS |
Take-off weight | 4000 kg | 8819 lb |
Empty weight | 2948 kg | 6499 lb |
DIMENSIONS |
Wingspan | 12.80 m | 42 ft 0 in |
Length | 8.80 m | 29 ft 10 in |
Height | 3.40 m | 11 ft 2 in |
Wing area | 21.16 m2 | 227.76 sq ft |
PERFORMANCE |
Max. speed | 542 km/h | 337 mph |
Range | 860 km | 534 miles |
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