From 1915 the
Talleres Nacionales de Construcciones Aeronáuticas - (National Aeronautical Construction Workshops), sometimes known as the Military Aviation Factory, produced several series of Mexican aircraft. Some of these were based on European designs but others were indigenous. Pressure for local designs and production was increased by the concentration of
European manufacturers on war production, in addition to the tensions between Mexico and the United States. In 1917 rights to build
Spanish Hispano-Suiza engines was acquired and a factory established. The Series C Microplano was an unequal span
single bay biplane, with wings without sweep or
stagger connected by pairs of vertical, parallel
interplane struts on each side, the forward ones a little closer to the
fuselage. Both wings had constant chord and squared
tips. There was a triangular cut-out in the
trailing edge of the upper wing to improve the pilot's view. The Microplano had a flat sided, rectangular section fuselage. The nose housed a 115 kW (157 hp)
Hispano-Suiza water-cooled engine, driving a two bladed
propeller. Behind the underwing single seat open cockpit the fuselage narrowed strongly in both height and width. Both the near circular
rudder and semi-circular
tailplane were all-moving. There was a fixed
conventional undercarriage with mainwheels on V-form
struts, assisted by a tailskid. ==Specifications==