Nord Norécrin

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1200 Norécrin
Swiss Air Force Nord 1203 Norecrin.jpg
Nord 1203 Norécrin
RoleCabin monoplane
Manufacturer Nord Aviation
First flight15 December 1945
Number built378

The Nord 1200 Norécrin is a French two or three-seat (later four-seat) cabin monoplane designed and built by Nord Aviation.

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Development

The Norécrin was developed to meet a French ministry of transport sponsored design competition. The Norécrin is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear and the prototype (Nord 1200) was designed to receive a nose-mounted 75 kW (100 hp) Mathis G4-R piston engine but flew only with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4Pei (first flight on 15 December 1945 with Georges Detre as test pilot). The production version had three-seats and was designated the Nord 1201 Norécrin I. A number of variants were produced with different engines fitted. Later variants had four-seats and the Nord 1203 Norécrin V was a two-seat military variant with machine-guns and rockets. It was a successful design and 378 aircraft were built.

Variants

1200 Norécrin
Prototype with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4Pei engine.
1201 Norécrin I
Three-seat production variant with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4P-01 engine (22 built)
1202 Norécrin
Prototype four-seat variant with a 120 kW (160 hp) Potez 4D-01 engine
Nord 1203 Norecrin II at Sherburn-in-Elmet airfield, Yorkshire, in July 1951 Nord 1203 Norecrin F-BEMB Sherburn-in-Elmet 21.07.51 edited-2.jpg
Nord 1203 Norecrin II at Sherburn-in-Elmet airfield, Yorkshire, in July 1951
1203 Norécrin II
Production variant with 101 kW (135 hp) Regnier 4L-00 engine.
1203 Norécrin III
Norécrin II with modified landing gear.
1203 Norécrin IV
Powered by a 130 kW (170 hp) Regnier 4L-02 engine.
1203 Norécrin V
Armed military variant.
1203 Norécrin VI
1955 production variant with a 120 kW (160 hp) Regnier 4L-14 engine.
1203 Norécrin M1
1955 prototype with a 130 kW (180 hp) Lycoming O-360 engine, derated to 120 kW (160 hp) .
1204 Norécrin
Powered by a 93 kW (125 hp) Continental C125 flat-four engine.
1204/II Norécrin
Powered by a 108 kW (145 hp) Continental C145-2 flat-four engine.

Operators

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Military operators

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Flag of France.svg  France
Flag of Israel.svg  Israel
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland

Specifications (1203 Norécrin II)

Nord 1200 2-view drawing from L'Aerophile March 1946 Nord 1200 2-view L'Aerophile March 1946.jpg
Nord 1200 2-view drawing from L'Aerophile March 1946

Data fromThe Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 2616.

General characteristics

Performance

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References

  1. Aloni 2005, pp. 54–55