Nicolas-Claude NC-2 Aquilon

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Nicolas-Claude NC-2 Aquilon
RoleTourism
Manufacturer Nicolas-Claude
First flight5 April 1937
Number built1

The Nicolas-Claude NC-2 Aquilon was a single-seat touring aircraft built in the late 1930s, featuring a low-wing monoplane with canard foreplanes. The NC-2 was first flown on 5 April 1937 at Auxerre. [1]

Utility aircraft aircraft designed to fulfil various roles, often interchangeably

A utility aircraft is a general-purpose light airplane or helicopter, usually used for transporting people, freight or other supplies, but is also used for other duties when more specialized aircraft are not required or available.

Monoplane fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane

A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with a single main wing plane, in contrast to a biplane or other multiplane, each of which has multiple planes.

Canard (aeronautics) aircraft wing configuration with a small wing ahead of the main wing, or such a forewing

A canard is an aeronautical arrangement wherein a small forewing or foreplane is placed forward of the main wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. The term "canard" may be used to describe the aircraft itself, the wing configuration or the foreplane.

Specifications (NC-2 Aquilon)

Data from [2]

General characteristics

Inline engine (aeronautics) reciprocating engine arranged with cylinders in banks aligned with the crankshaft

In aviation, an inline engine is a reciprocating engine with banks of cylinders, one behind another, rather than rows of cylinders, with each bank having any number of cylinders, but rarely more than six.

Propeller (aeronautics) aircraft component which converts engine torque into forward thrust

An aircraft propeller, or airscrew, converts rotary motion from an engine or other power source, into a swirling slipstream which pushes the propeller forwards or backwards. It comprises a rotating power-driven hub, to which are attached several radial airfoil-section blades such that the whole assembly rotates about a longitudinal axis. The blade pitch may be fixed, manually variable to a few set positions, or of the automatically-variable "constant-speed" type.

Performance

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References

  1. Colinot, Raymond; Cartigny, Jacques (April 2011). "Nicolas-Claude NC-2 'Aquilon' : Un caneton amateur". LA FANA d'Aviation (in French) (497): 70–72.
  2. Parmentier, Bruno (8 December 2017). "Nicolas-Claude NC-2 'Aquilon'". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 5 February 2019.