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N-20.1

N-20.1

The aircraft was a 60% scaled-down glider model of the projected N-20 Aiguillon. It was equipped with leading-edge slats, flaps, a solid rocket at the rear, and canards mounted behind the cockpit.

First flight: 17 April 1948
Number of flights: 68
Total flight time: 30:18

N-20.2 Arbalète

N-20.2 Arbalète

As the successor to the N-20.1, the Arbalète was also a 60% scale model of the N-20 Aiguillon. However, it was powered by four Turbomeca Piméné engines. The slats, flaps, and solid rocket at the rear were omitted.

First flight: 16 November 1951
Number of flights: 91
Total flight time: 33:27

N-20 Aiguillon

N-20 Aiguillon

The revolutionary design by the Aircraft Works Emmen for a new fighter aircraft. A flying wing with four jet engines, including afterburners, thrust reversers, a flow-through wing, tandem landing gear, an ejectable cockpit section, and an interchangeable weapons pod.

The aircraft was never flown.

Dokumentationen

Documentation

The collection of documents includes 36 original reports and protocols with highly informative details about the N-20, N-20.1, and N-20.2.

All the documentation is available here for free use.

Baupläne

Blueprints

I gathered around 850 original construction plans from various archives and meticulously digitised them one by one.

All the blueprints are available here for free use.

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