ANF Les Mureaux 180

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ANF Les Mureaux 180
Mureaux 180 photo L'Aerophile December 1935.jpg
Role Fighter aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer ANF Les Mureaux
First flight10 February 1935
Number built1

The ANF Les Mureaux 180 was a prototype French fighter aircraft of the 1930s. designed and built by Les Ateliers de Construction du Nord de la France et des Mureaux. It was a single-engined, two-seat, gull wing monoplane, only one was built and the programme was abandoned as obsolete. [1]

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Design and development

The ANF Les Mureaux 180C.2 first flew on 10 February 1935 with a 690 hp (515 kW) Hispano-Suiza 12Xbrs engine and a single fin and rudder. [1] In April 1935 the 180 was modified with a Hispano-Suiza 12Xcrs motor-canon engine, it had 20mm cannon that fired through the propeller hub. The aircraft was also fitted with two wing-mounted 7.5mm machine guns. The observer also had a machine gun mounted on a flexible mount and the tail unit was changed to two vertical surfaces. [1] It continued to be tested until April 1936 but the project was abandoned when the design was considered to be obsolete. [1]

Specifications

Mureaux 180 3-view drawing from NACA-SR-26 Mureaux 180 3-view NACA-SR-26.jpg
Mureaux 180 3-view drawing from NACA-SR-26

Data from [2]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

See also

Related development

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 Orbis 1985, p. 236
  2. Parmentier, Bruno. "A.N.F. Les Mureaux 180" . Retrieved 14 December 2013.

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