Nord Norécrin
# Nord Norécrin

The Nord 1200 Norécrin is a French two or three-seat (later four-seat) cabin monoplane designed and built by Nord Aviation.

## Development

The Norécrin was developed to meet a French ministry of transport sponsored design competition. The Norécrin is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a retractable tricycle landing gear and the prototype (Nord 1200) was designed to receive a nose-mounted 75 kW (100 hp) Mathis G4-R piston engine but flew only with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4Pei (first flight on 15 December 1945 with Georges Detre as test pilot). The production version had three-seats and was designated the Nord 1201 Norécrin I. A number of variants were produced with different engines fitted. Later variants had four-seats and the Nord 1203 Norécrin V was a two-seat military variant with machine-guns and rockets. It was a successful design and 378 aircraft were built.

## Variants

### 1200 Norécrin

    Prototype with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4Pei engine.

### 1201 Norécrin I

    Three-seat production variant with a 100 kW (140 hp) Renault 4P-01 engine (22 built)

### 1202 Norécrin

    Prototype four-seat variant with a 120 kW (160 hp) Potez 4D-01 engine

### 1203 Norécrin II

    Production variant with 101 kW (135 hp) Regnier 4L-00 engine.

### 1203 Norécrin III

    Norécrin II with modified landing gear.

### 1203 Norécrin IV

    Powered by a 130 kW (170 hp) Regnier 4L-02 engine.

### 1203 Norécrin V

    Armed military variant.

### 1203 Norécrin VI

    1955 production variant with a 120 kW (160 hp) Regnier 4L-14 engine.

### 1203 Norécrin M1

    1955 prototype with a 130 kW (180 hp) Lycoming O-360 engine, derated to 120 kW (160 hp) .

### 1204 Norécrin

    Powered by a 93 kW (125 hp) Continental C125 flat-four engine.

### 1204/II Norécrin

    Powered by a 108 kW (145 hp) Continental C145-2 flat-four engine.

## Operators

### Brazil

* OMTA - One aircraft only.

### Military operators

**Argentina**

* Argentine Coast Guard

**France**

* French Air Force
* French Navy

**Israel**

* Israeli Air Force - Two aircraft only operated 1948–1949.

**Switzerland**

* Swiss Air Force

## Specifications (1203 Norécrin II)

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. p. 2616.

General characteristics

* Crew: one
* Capacity: three passengers
* Length: 7.21 m (23 ft 8 in)
* Wingspan: 10.22 m (33 ft 6.25 in)
* Height: 2.90 m (9 ft 6 in)
* Wing area: 13 $m^2$ (139.93 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 652 kg (1,437 lb)
* Gross weight: 1,050 kg (2,315 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Regnier 4L-00 air-cooled inverted inline piston-engine , 101 kW (135 hp)

Performance

* Maximum speed: 280 km/h (174 mph, 151 kn)
* Range: 900 km (559 mi, 486 nmi)
* Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,405 ft)
