| Manufacturer |
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation |
SNCASE |
| Description |
The CAC CA-23 was a planned supersonic, twinjet, two-seat, all-weather fighter aircraft designed by the Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation of Australia. |
The SNCASE Grognard was a single-seat ground-attack aircraft designed and produced by the French aircraft manufacturer Sud-Est. |
| First Flight |
|
1950-04-30 |
| Service End |
|
1952-01-01 |
| Designer |
Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation |
SNCASE |
| Length (m) |
16.4592 |
15.4 |
| Height (m) |
3.6576 |
5.18 |
| Cockpit Crew |
2 |
1 |
| Max Speed (km/h) |
|
1038 |
| Max Ceiling (m) |
14478 |
11590 |
| Armament |
4 x 0.5 in machine-guns with 250 rounds per gun |
2 × 30 mm DEFA cannon (planned); 4 x 250 kg or 2 x 340 kg; 16 x 65 kg five inch HVAR rockets or 200 x 4 kg 68mm rockets located in a retractable armament bay in the lower fuselage or 4 X Matra T-10 rockets carried underwing |
| Max Mach (Mach) |
1.5 |
|
| National Origin |
Australia |
France |
| Number Built |
|
2 |
| Powerplant Description |
2 × Rolls-Royce Avon turbojet engines |
2 × Rolls-Royce Nene 101 turbojet, 21.97 kN thrust each |
| Primary Users |
Royal Australian Air Force (intended) |
|
| Status |
Cancelled |
|
| Wikipedia Article (URL) |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CAC_CA-23 |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sud-Est_Grognard |
| Flat Wing Span (m) |
13.4112 |
13.57 |
| Flat Wing Area (m²) |
|
150.87 |
| Aircraft Engine |
Rolls-Royce Avon |
Rolls-Royce Nene |
| Number of Engines |
2 |
2 |