SNCAC NC.271

The SNCAC NC.271 was a French experimental aircraft built by SNCAC in the late 1940s, as a 1:2.5 scale model of the proposed SNCAC NC.270 jet bomber, featuring swept-back wings, using SNCASE SE-161 Languedoc N0.31 F-BCUT as a launch platform.

NC.271
Role Experimental aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer Aérocentre / Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Centre (SNCAC)
First flight 28 January 1949 (free flight)
Number built 2

Variants
NC.270
A proposed jet bomber, to have been powered by two Rolls-Royce Nene turbojet engines. Development was curtailed in June 1949 with the liquidation of the Aerocentre combine.
NC.271-01
A 1:2.5 scale NC.270 glider research aircraft; first free flight on 28 January 1949.
NC.271-02
A powered version of the NC.271, fitted with a 7.848 kN (1,764 lbf) Walter HWK 109-509A liquid-fuelled rocket engine; development was abandoned with the collapse of Aérocentre.

Specifications (NC.271-01)

Data from Aviafrance: NC.271[1], Les Avions Francais de 1944 a 1964[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: One
  • Length: 8.11 m (26 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 2.94 m (9 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 11.44 m2 (123.1 sq ft)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,725 kg (3,803 lb)
Max Take-off weight NC.271-02: 3,400 kg (7,500 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Walter HWK 109-509A liquid-fuelled rocket (NC.271-02)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 900 km/h (560 mph, 490 kn) (NC.271-02)

References
  1. "S.N.C.A.C. NC-271" (in French). Aviafrance.com. 2001-04-28. Retrieved 2019-03-08.
  2. Gaillard, Pierre (1990). Les Avions Francais de 1944 a 1964 (in French). Paris: Editions EPA. p. 97. ISBN 2 85120 350 9.


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