SNCASO (Sud-Ouest) SO.1040 (SOC.1) single-seat fighter

[hesham]

Hi,

http://aerophile.over-blog.com/

 

[Stargazer]

It's still uncertain if the SO C.1 shown here was also known as the SO 1040, but it would be coherent with the fact that that it is quite similar to the Marcel Bloch MB 1040 project and is therefore likely a continuation of it. Here is a comparison between the two designs:

 

[lark]

MB 1040 seems to be a two seat turret fighter...

 

[Apophenia]

On his Aerophile blog, Jacques Moulin has added the following:

Nota: Après diverses consultations cet appareil pourrait avoir été le SO 1014 (et non 1040) un dérivé du Bloch 1011, les ligne générale correspondent mais pourquoi le plan ne porte pas ce numéro(?)

So, as noted in SNCASO/Sud-Ouest Aviation (SO) designations, an inherited Bloch project but a MB 1011 derivative (MB 1014?) rather than the MB 1040 turret fighter.

Perhaps that also partly answers the powerplant question. If the MB 1010 MB 1011 were both to have close cowled radials (P&W R-1830 SIA-4G or Gnome-Rhône 14N-49 respectively), is there any compelling reason to assume that an 'MB 1014' or its SO derivative would move to an inline engine?

 

[hesham]

On his Aerophile blog, Jacques Moulin has added the following:

Nota: Après diverses consultations cet appareil pourrait avoir été le SO 1014 (et non 1040) un dérivé du Bloch 1011, les ligne générale correspondent mais pourquoi le plan ne porte pas ce numéro(?)

So, as noted in SNCASO/Sud-Ouest Aviation (SO) designations, an inherited Bloch project but a MB 1011 derivative (MB 1014?) rather than the MB 1040 turret fighter.

Perhaps that also partly answers the powerplant question. If the MB 1010 MB 1011 were both to have close cowled radials (P&W R-1830 SIA-4G or Gnome-Rhône 14N-49 respectively), is there any compelling reason to assume that an 'MB 1014' or its SO derivative would move to an inline engine?

Dear Apophenia,

from where you got this,Bloch MB.1014 ?.

 

[Apophenia]

... a MB 1011 derivative (MB 1014?) ... an 'MB 1014' or its SO derivative ...

Dear Apophenia,

from where you got this,Bloch MB.1014 ?.

I posted that a decade ago but I'm pretty sure that my 'MB 1014' was just speculation about a pattern of inherited designations.

 

[hesham]

Thank you dear Apophenia,

and I think also the SNCASO SO,1040 was developed or based on Bloch MB.1010 generally.