Engineering:Blériot-SPAD S.XXI
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Short description: 1910s French aircraft
| S.XXI | |
|---|---|
| Role | Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Blériot |
| Designer | André Herbemont |
| First flight | 1918 |
| Primary user | Aéronautique Militaire |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Spad S.XIII |
The Blériot-SPAD S.XXI was a prototype fighter plane built by SPAD in the late 1910s, derived from the Spad S.XIII.
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Length: 6.40 m (21 ft 0 in)
- Wingspan: 8.43 m (27 ft 8 in)
- Height: 2.41 m (7 ft 11 in)
- Wing area: 23.5 m2 (253 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,048 kg (2,310 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb V-shaped 8-cylinder inline engine , 220 kW (300 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 221 km/h (137 mph, 119 kn)
- Service ceiling: 7,000 m (23,000 ft)
Armament
- 2 × fixed forward-firing synchronized 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine guns
See also
Related development
References
- ↑ "SPAD S-XXI - SPAD 21 - Chasseur - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. https://www.aviafrance.com/spad-s-xxi-aviation-france-529.htm. Retrieved 2019-02-04.
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