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Northrop N-1M
| N-1M | |
|---|---|
| Northrop N-1M on display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. | |
| Type | Flying wing |
| Manufacturer | Northrop |
| Designed by | Jack Northrop |
| Maiden flight | 3 July 1941 |
| Retired | 1945 |
| Status | Experimental |
| Primary user | Northrop Corp. |
| Number built | 1 |
| Variants | Northrop N-9M |
The Northrop N-1M was an early flying wing aircraft, predecessor to the Northrop N-9M and Northrop YB-35.
This aircraft, the first true flying wing produced in the United States, was developed during 1939 and 1940, and first flew on July 3, 1941 at Baker Dry Lake in California. Unstable and underpowered, but basically sound, the N-1M paved the way for Northrop's later flying wings. Jack Northrop started building flying wings after he was inspired by the Walter and Reimar Horten's (the Horten brothers) pre-war record-setting glider designs in Germany.
The plane was donated to the United States Army Air Forces in 1945 and was placed in the collection of the National Air Museum the following year. It is now on public display at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center.
Specifications (N-1M)
This aircraft article is missing some (or all) of its specifications. If you have a source, you can help Wikipedia by adding them.General characteristics
- Crew: one, pilot
- Length: 17 ft 11 in (5.46 m)
- Wingspan: 38 ft 8 in (11.80 m)
- Height: 4 ft 11 in (1.50 m)
- Wing area: 300 ft² (27.9 m²)
- Loaded weight: 3,900 lb (1,769 kg)
- Powerplant: 2× Lycoming O-145 , 65 hp (50 kW) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 200 mph (322 km/h)
- Range: 300 miles (483 km)
- Service ceiling: 4,000 ft (1,219 m)
- Wing loading: 13 lb/ft² (63 kg/m²)
- Power/mass: 0.06 kW/kg ()
References
- Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum, Northrop N-1M.
See also
Related development
Northrop N-9M -
Northrop YB-35 -
Northrop YB-49
See also
Fighters: FT · XP-56 · P-61 · F2T · XP-79 · F-89 · F-5 · CF-116 · YF-17 · F-18L · F-20 · YF-23
Attack: YA-13 · XA-16 · A-17 · BT · SBT · YA-9 - Bombers: YB-35 · B2T · YB-49 · B-62 · B-2
Transports: Alpha · C-19 · Beta · C-100 Gamma · RT Delta · YC-125
Reconnaissance: F-15 · RF-5 · TR-3 - Trainers: T-38
Experimental: N-1M · N-9M · MX-324 · X-4 · M2-F2 · M2-F3 · HL-10 · Tacit Blue · X-21
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| Notable incidents and accidents | Military aviation · Airliners · General aviation · Famous aviation-related deaths |
| Records | Flight airspeed record · Flight distance record · Flight altitude record · Flight endurance record · Most produced aircraft |
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