Introductions:
The Nord 1500 Griffon was an experimental ramjet-powered fighter aircraft designed and built in the mid-1950s by French state-owned aircraft manufacturer Nord Aviation. It was part of a series of competing programs to fill a French air force specification for a Mach 2 fighter.
Design of the Griffon originated in a late 1940s requirement for a high speed interceptor. Engineers at Arsenal de l'Aéronautique instigated studies into swept and delta wings using supersonic gliders, the Arsenal 1301 and Arsenal 2301. Results from these flight tests favoured the delta configuration, which was incorporated into design studies using a variety of power-plants. By this time Arsenal had been privatised as SFECMAS - Société Française d'Etude et de Construction de Matériel Aéronautiques Spéciaux. Powered by a large ramjet with turbojet sustainer, the Griffon was renamed from the SFECMAS 1500 Guépard (Cheetah) after SFECMAS was merged with SNCAN to form Nord Aviation.
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Specifications
General Characteristics
- Predecessor Cold War Challenge - 50-450 parts (CLOSED)
- Created On iOS
- Wingspan 25.3ft (7.7m)
- Length 44.2ft (13.5m)
- Height 15.9ft (4.8m)
- Empty Weight 7,352lbs (3,335kg)
- Loaded Weight 10,679lbs (4,844kg)
Performance
- Power/Weight Ratio 12.625
- Wing Loading 39.9lbs/ft2 (195.0kg/m2)
- Wing Area 267.4ft2 (24.8m2)
- Drag Points 6381
Parts
- Number of Parts 217
- Control Surfaces 5
- Performance Cost 1,710
@CR929thenewSPplayer LOL 🤣
@Zaineman HUH?!
(Then I'm about to die)
@CR929thenewSPplayer Please tag me on ALL your builds from now on. 😼 Z :)
@Andrewgarrison Andrew, this is truly unique. To the best of my knowledge, this has never been done in Simple Planes. Fly this jet through the mach barrier and watch what happens.
@Zaineman Thanks!
"I'm the Easter Egg" First, The amount of rotors and nozzles it took to make the "Mach effect" is unbelievable ! Second, the "Grey Matter" just to think up and engineer such an effect impresses me to no end. Wow ! Wow ! Wow ! Upvoted & spotlighted 😺 Z ;)
Very cool sonic boom effect show up when passing the sound barrier. Best handling plane in the challenge, @Zaineman, look at the cool effect when it reaches March1
She even has a mach ring
@CR929thenewSPplayer yes yes yes bro
@teddyone02 and X-32
plen that has its mouth open
@GIGACHAD0101 looks like you're the first one!
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great. love to see such forgotten designs. upvoted and spotlighted!