Engineering:Blériot-SPAD S.XXII

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Short description: 1920s French fighter aricraft
S.XXII
Role Fighter
Manufacturer Blériot
Designer André Herbemont
First flight 1919
Primary user Aéronautique Militaire
Number built 1

The SPAD S.XXII was a prototype fighter plane built by SPAD shortly World War I.

Design and development

The S.XXII was a two-seat biplane fighter of all-wood construction with a canvas coating and a monocoque fuselage. The upper and lower wings tended to sweep in opposite directions.

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 6.48 m (21 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.8 m (32 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 2.56 m (8 ft 5 in)
  • Wing area: 26.2 m2 (282 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 650 kg (1,433 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Fb V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 220 kW (300 hp)

Performance

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