Maximum Take-Off Weight
3 t (paragliders: kg)
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- Name
- SNECMA Coléoptère
- Manufacturer
- SNECMA
- Description
- The SNECMA C.450 Coléoptère (meaning "beetle" in French, descended from Greek for "sheathed wing") was a tail-sitting vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft designed by the French company SNECMA and manufactured by Nord Aviation.
- First Flight
- 1959-05-06
- Designer
- SNECMA
- Type
- Tail-sitting research aircraft
- Length (m)
- 8.02
- National Origin
- France
- Number Built
- 1
- Powerplant Description
- 1 × Atar EV (101E) axial-flow turbojet, 36.3 kN thrust each
- Status
- Destroyed
- Wikipedia Article (URL)
- en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SNECMA_Col%C3%A9opt%C3%A8re
- Flat Wing Span (m)
- 4.51
- Number of Engines
- 1