Sud-Ouest Aviation V/STOL Aircraft
Société Nationale de Constructions Aéronautiques du Sud-Ouest (SNCASO) or Sud-Ouest Aviation
Sud-Ouest Aviation -> Sud Aviation (1957) -> Aérospatiale (1970)
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Perspex model of a Sud-Ouest compound helicopter with two turboprop engines was shown at the 1955 Paris Air Show.
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Study in 1954-1955 called the DEVER (Décollage Vertical = vertical take-off). The pilot stood for take-off;
after transition, he was prone. The armament was a single air-to-air missile. The details on the landing system are unknown.
- Power: three afterburning jet engines arranged in pods at 120° intervals around the base of the tail-sitting fuselage.
- Thrust: 1,440 kg (3,175 lb) with afterburner
- Maximum Speed: 1.5 Mach
- Wing span: 4 m (13.1 ft)
- Length: 10.5 m (34.4 ft)
- Empty Weight: 2,515 kg (5,545 lb)
- Maximum VTO Weight: 4,000 kg (8,818 lb)
- 3-side-view
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