VERSIONS – Prototype 01, 02, MD.450NR
Single pitot
Details as MD.450 prototype 01
unless otherwise indicated
Revised fuel system
Pitot on intake
splitter plate
4 x 20 mm (0.79 in) Hispano 404 Model 50
cannons with 125 rounds per gun (removed)
Whip antenna moved
to port side
Revised airbrakes
Tail bumper
Reprofiled rear fuselage/exhaust
to accommodate Nene Mk.104BR/
new afterburner section
1 x Rolls-Royce Nene Mk.104BR centrifugal turbojet
Modified by CEAM after first six flights
for afterburner development by Hispano-
Suiza 1952-53 and redesignated as
MD.450NR
Revised ailerons/flight
control systems
Pressurised cockpit
Mk.IV E gyro gunsight
Wider rear fuselage
MD.450NR
Preseries No.3
One pitot on fin
leading edge
Details as MD.450 prototype 01 unless otherwise indicated
Bubble canopy later replaced by
metal canopy with side windows
Provision for cannon armament,
but never fitted
Revised fuel system
Revised ailerons/flight
control systems
Pressurised cockpit
MD.450 prototype 02
Two pitots on
fin leading edge
Tailplane set low on tail
with 2.5º dihedral
1 x Rolls-Royce Nene Mk.102 centrifugal turbojet
Airbrake, lower rear fuselage
No armament fitted
Low-mounted wings with 18º leading
edge sweep, 3º trailing edge sweep
and 2º 35' dihedral
Large aileron/trim tab
Whip antenna,
offset to starboard
Circular intake with splitter plate
425 lt (94 Imp gal, 112 US gal
wingtip tank with outboard/
vertical fins
Prominent fin/
exhaust cutaway
Tailplanes with 24º 15' leading
edge sweep full-span elevators
and large tabs
Split flaps
Rearward sliding bubble canopy
Three-piece windshield
Unpressurised cockpit
Martin Baker Mk.1 ejector seat
MD.450 prototype 01
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