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| Designed under the direction of Ingenieur Pillon and
built by the SNCA du Centre (Aerocentre), the NC 1080
was developed as part of a single-seat shipboard
fighter programme (competing designs being the
Arsenal VG 90 and Nord 2200). The NC 1080 was
powered by a 2268kg Rolls-Royce Nene
turbojet, featured 22° 30' wing sweepback at quarter-chord and was intended to mount an armament
of three 30mm cannon. The prototype was flown
on 29 July 1949, and modifications were immediately
found necessary to the spoilers and tail surfaces. The
Aerocentre had meanwhile been dispersed, but testing
of the NC 1080 continued at Bretigny and Villaroche,
servo controls being fitted in February-March 1950, and
the aircraft being destroyed in an accident (the cause of
which was never ascertained) on 10 April. No further
development was undertaken.
 | A three-view drawing (1697 x 1107) |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 7700 kg | 16976 lb |
| Empty weight | 5141 kg | 11334 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 12.00 m | 39 ft 4 in |
| Length | 12.87 m | 42 ft 3 in |
| Height | 4.70 m | 15 ft 5 in |
| Wing area | 28.40 m2 | 305.69 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 978 km/h | 608 mph |
| Range | 1550 km | 963 miles |
| Karl Hecks, e-mail, 02.11.2011 18:36 The SNCAC (Aerocentre) NC.1080 had no ailerons. Instead, roll control used 'Lemoigne-type compensators' at the wing tips. reply |
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