FBA Avion Canon

Avion Canon
Role	2-seat fighter
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Franco-British Aviation Company (FBA)
Designer	Louis Schreck
First flight	1916
Number built	1
Developed from	FBA H

The FBA Avion Canon (aka FBA 1 Ca2) was a two-seat cannon-armed biplane fighter, designed and built in France from 1916. due to unsatisfactory performance, development of the Avion Canon was abandoned.

Design and development

During 1916, Louis Schreck, chief designer of Franco-British Aviation Company (FBA), developed a two-seat cannon armed fighter, by mounting the biplane wings from the FBA H flying boat on an aerodynamically clean wooden monocoque fuselage, with conventional tailskid undercarriage. Power was supplied by a 150 hp (110 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8A V-8 water-cooled engine mounted as a pusher between the upper and lower mainplanes. After initial testing the engine was replaced with a 175 hp (130 kW) Hispano-Suiza 8Aa. Performance was unsatisfactory and further development was cancelled.

Specifications (FBA Avion Canon)

Data from Air International:Fighter A to Z: FBA Avion Canon

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 10.13 m (33 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 14.5 m (47 ft 7 in)
• Height: 3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 41 m² (440 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 761 kg (1,678 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,166 kg (2,571 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Aa V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 130 kW (175 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch pusher propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 133 km/h (83 mph, 72 kn) at sea level; 123 km/h (76 mph; 66 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
• Endurance: 3 hours
• Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 8.55 minutes

Armament

• Guns: 1x 37 mm (1.46 in) Hotchkiss cannon

Further reading

• Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. Godalming, UK: Salamander Books. p. 202. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.

External links

• Parmentier, Bruno (8 December 1997). "F.B.A. H". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 5 October 2018.