Engineering:Farman HF.16
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Short description: 1910s French reconnaissance aircraft
| HF.16 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Farman |
| Designer | Henri Farman |
| First flight | 1912 |
The Farman HF.16 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the First World War.
Operators
Belgium- Aviation Militaire Belge/Belgische militaire luchtvaart - received four HF.16s in 1912[1]
Specifications (HF.16)
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 13.75 m (45 ft 1 in)
- Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
- Wing area: 35 m2 (380 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 660 kg (1,455 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Delta 7-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 75 kW (100 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden pusher propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 105 km/h (65 mph, 57 kn)
References
- ↑ Wauthy & De Neve 1995, p. 57.
- ↑ "Henry Farman HF.16 - avion d'observation - Un siècle d'aviation française". Aviafrance.com. 1999-12-13. https://www.aviafrance.com/henry-farman-hf-16-aviation-france-7332.htm. Retrieved 2019-01-29.
- Wauthy, Jean-Luc; De Neve, Florimond (March 1995). "Les aéronefs de la Force Aérienne belge: Première partie: 1909–1918" (in Fr). Le Fana de l'Aviation (304).
Further reading
- Davilla, James J.; Soltan, Arthur (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 978-1891268090.
- Liron, Jean (1984). Les avions Farman. Collection Docavia. 21. Paris: Éditions Larivière. OCLC 37146471.
- Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen: Schiffer Publishing Limited. p. 122. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.
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