Farman HF.10
| HF.10 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Farman |
| Designer | Henri Farman |
| First flight | 1912 |
| Number built | 2 |
The Farman HF.10 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the First World War.
Development
[edit]The HF.10 was developed in 1911 for the military aircraft competition (Concours Militaire), held in Reims. The HF.10 had a Gnome Rhone engine, but the subsequent HF.10bis had a slightly more powerful Gnome Gamma engine with a power of 70 hp.[1]
Specifications
[edit]Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Length: 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
- Height: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 72 m2 (780 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 350 kg (772 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Omega 7-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 37 kW (50 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden pusher propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 80 km/h (50 mph, 43 kn)
- Range: 315 km (196 mi, 170 nmi)
References
[edit]- ^ "Farman HF.10".
- ^ Hartmann, Gérard. Les premiers Farman [The First Farmans] (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 2024-09-20.
Bibliography
[edit]- Liron, Jean (1984). Les avions Farman. Collection Docavia. Vol. 21. Paris: Éditions Larivière. OCLC 37146471.
Further reading
[edit]- Hartmann, Gérard. "Le grand concours d'aviation militaire de Reims 1911" [The Reims Military Aviation Competition, 1911] (PDF). Dossiers historiques et techniques aéronautique française (in French). Gérard Hartmann. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
- Moulin, Jean (October 2004). "Reims 1911, le premier concours d'appareils militaires au monde!" [Reims 1911, the First Military Aircraft Concours in the World!]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (139): 51–58. ISSN 1243-8650.
- Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.
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