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[SIZE=4]Societe Francaise Du Gyroplane SH.20 Cigale[/SIZE]
[SIZE=3]General characteristics:[/SIZE]
Crew: 1 (pilot)
Passengers: 1-3 passengers (version dependent)
Length: 13.1 m (43 ft)
Rotor Diameter: 15 m (49 ft 2.5 in)
Height: 3.9 m (12 ft 11 in)
Loaded weight: 2,270 kg (5,004 lb)
Powerplant: Gnome-Rhône 9M (600 hp / 447 kW) radial engine
[SIZE=3]Performance:[/SIZE]
Maximum speed: 94.5 knots (108 mph, 175 km/h)
Max Range: 475 km (295 miles)
Rate of climb: 5.3 m/s (1,043 ft/min)
Service ceiling: 3500m
[SIZE=3]Armament / Capacity:[/SIZE]
- 2 × depth charges or 4 × 25kg bombs
or
- 2 panniers for mail, cargo, or casualty evacuation (1 person / 125kg each)
[SIZE=3]Variants:[/SIZE]
- SH.20: Initial 2-seat prototype, unarmed (1941)
- SH.20M: 2-seat armed variant for Marine Nationale (1942)
- SH.21: 3-seat variant for Army utility and light reconnaissance (1942)
- SH.22: 4-seat variant for Army utility (1943)
- SH.23-25: Reserved for possible export variants
- SH.26: 3-seat civilian helicopter (1944) based on SH.21
- SH.29: Engine testbed (1946)
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Originally posted by Hood
SH.20 Cigale - hmmm, probably better than was acheived OTL even with the +3 tech, useful but certainly an advanced design.
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Originally posted by Hood
I think perhaps it still remains to be seen just how useful helicopters are to the militaries without real practical use. Certainly as naval scouts they make sense, with increase carrying capacity they make more sense to the military but even so can they replace fixed-wing overland scouts and does carrying 2-4 troops offer a practical assault transport? Time will tell I guess and the SH.20 is a step in the right direction to find out. Tying in Sikorsky's knowledge is a smart move and given FAR's links this gives France a leading edge.
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Originally posted by Hood
VB.20 Rafale - looks real sweet. Does it have a pressure-cabin?
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Originally posted by Hood
Br.900 Massette - looks a beast of a ground-attack aircraft. I like it but maybe a two-seater would have been good just to give some rear protection, it performance though should prove useful to evade fighters.
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Originally posted by Hood
N.1510 Normandie - looks like a Blackburn Beverley. Useful but big, does France really have the need for such a mass parachute capability in 1942? As a freighter it has large military and civil markets.
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