Engineering:ANF Les Mureaux 190

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Short description: French fighter aircraft
ANF Les Mureaux 190
Mureaux 190 photo L'Aerophile December 1936.jpg
Role Light fighter
National origin France
Manufacturer ANF Les Mureaux
First flight July 1936
Number built 1

The ANF Les Mureaux 190 was a French prototype light fighter aircraft. In response to a program created by the French Minister of Air, the ANF Les Mureaux 190 was designed by André Brunet as a light fighter. The ANF Les Mureaux 190 was an all-metal monoplane, and was first tested in July 1936, then taken to the 15th Paris Air Show in late November,[1] where it was asserted to be very manoeuvrable. However, less than a year later, the project was abandoned due to the poor quality of its engine.

The ANF Les Mureax 190 was powered by a 450 hp Salmson 12 Vars inverted V-12 engine. its proposed armament consisted of a 20 mm (0.79 in) engine-mounted cannon, and two 7.7mm (.30-caliber) wing-mounted machine guns.[2]

Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 7.2 m (23 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.38 m (27 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 3 m (9 ft 10 in)
  • Wing area: 10 m2 (110 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 850 kg (1,874 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,290 kg (2,844 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 12 Vars 12-cylinder inverted-V air-cooled, 340 kW (450 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 500 km/h (310 mph, 270 kn)

Armament

  • Guns: 1×20mm cannon, 2×7.7mm machine guns

References

  1. Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences, 1937. Journal of the Aeronautical Sciences, Volume 4, p.170.
  2. Green, William; Gordon Swanborough (2001). The complete book of fighters: an illustrated encyclopedia of every fighter aircraft built and flown. Salamander. p. 19. ISBN 978-1-84065-269-7.