Nord 260
The Max Holste Broussard MH260 Super was a passenger and cargo aircraft by the French company Société des Avions Max Holste from the end of the 1950s.
History
From single-engine Broussard Max Holste developed the twin-engine Super Broussard. The first prototype, which was launched on its maiden flight on 20 May 1959 was known as the MH250 and was equipped with two Pratt & Whitney R -1340 radial engines. For the standard version MH260 contrast two Turbomeca Bastan turboprops were provided as the drive. Compared with the MH250 also the fuselage was lengthened by 0.65 m and the square windows were replaced by round.
After the takeover of the company by Nord Aviation, the pattern was produced as North 260 in a small series of 10 copies.
The developed yet by Max Holste variant MH262 received an unpressurized fuselage with a circular cross section. The pressurized cabin was designed to maintain a pressure equivalent to 2500 m altitude to the altitude of 5000 m. This version was produced by north as North 262 in series.
It provided for the version with two Lycoming T53 MH280 propeller turbines, although not progress beyond the stage of the project.
Construction
The Super Broussard was a twin-engined cantilever monoplane with a three-piece all-metal wing. The all-metal box fuselage had an almost rectangular ( MH250 and 260 ) or round cross section ( MH262 ). Wherein the nose wheel landing gear or was complete, the main gear in only about two thirds of the aerofoil on both sides of the hull retractable. It should also be possible landings on unpaved areas.