Beyond The Sprues

Modelling => Ideas & Inspiration => Aero-space => Topic started by: dy031101 on July 27, 2020, 12:04:33 PM

Title: Lessor-known French Supersonic Projects And Potential Fighter Derivatives
Post by: dy031101 on July 27, 2020, 12:04:33 PM

Line drawing of the Nord Super Griffon, a proposed Mach-3-class operational follow-on to the Griffon turbo-ramjet research aircraft, scaled to Forum Defensia standard:

(https://i.imgur.com/fLolcLg.png)

(Mirage IIIE and MiG-31 included for size comparison.)

Hum...... even despite the lack of an internal schematic, I don't see much room for internal missile stowage......

(My amateur expectation is that the wings would be occupied by two Magic II launch rails and two drop tanks in total?  I'm trying to visualize some sort of conformal missile hardpoints on the fuselage, but the R.530 missile reminds me of a comment in British Secret Projects book on the Red Hebe missile- "aerodynamically-dirty" or something to that effect......)

Title: Re: Lessor-known French Supersonic Projects And Potential Fighter Derivatives
Post by: dy031101 on July 31, 2020, 12:28:18 AM

I believe this (https://www.secretprojects.co.uk/threads/sncan-nord-griffon-developments-and-other-high-speed-projects.180/post-274808) is scratch-built.