Engineering:Dewoitine D.7
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| Role | ultralight sport plane |
| Manufacturer | Dewoitine |
| Designer | Emile Dewoitine |
| First flight | c.1924 |
| Number built | ~5-10 |
The Dewoitine D.7 was a French sport plane built in the mid 1920s.
Development
The D.7 was a conventionally laid-out monoplane, with a thick cantilever shoulder wing. Its single seat, open cockpit, provided with a small windscreen, was over the wing. It had conventional, fixed, tailskid landing gear.
The D.7 could be powered by any small engine; the Salmson AD.3 radial engine, the Clerget 2K flat twin, Vaslin flat-four or Vaslin water-cooled six cylinder inline engines were fitted.
Operators
Japan
- One aircraft was sold to the Japanese Army.
Specifications (AD.3 engine)
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 5.60 m (18 ft 4.5 in)
- Wingspan: 12.60 m (41 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 15.00 m2 (161.46 sq ft)
- Gross weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 3Ad three-cylinder radial engine , 9.0 kW (12 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 90 km/h (56 mph, 49 kn)
- Endurance: 5 hours
- Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)
References
- Donald, David, ed (1997). The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Prospero Books. pp. 333. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
- Aviafrance website/Dewoitine
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