Farman B.2
Farman B.2 | |
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Role | Light day bomber |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Farman |
First flight | 1920s |
Number built | 1 |
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The Farman B.2 was a 1920s French biplane designed as a light day bomber. Only one was built.[1]
Development
Farman designed and built in 1924 what was a bulky unequal span two-bay biplane for use as a day bomber.[1] The pilot had a cockpit forward of the wing leading edge, the observer/gunner had a cockpit in a cut-out in the wing trailing edge.[1] The B.2 was tested with different combinations of engines and radiators and it required modification to the fin and rudder for problems with directional stability.[1] Despite all these modifications the aircraft did not meet the required performance and was not ordered into production.[1]
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 (pilot, observer/gunner)
- Length: 10.70 m (35 ft 1¼ in)
- Wingspan: 17.0 m (55 ft 9¼ in)
- Height: 3.90 m (12 ft 9½ in)
- Wing area: 63 m2 (678.15 ft2)
- Empty weight: 1360 kg (2998 lb)
- Gross weight: 2460 kg (5423 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine-Dietrich 12-cylinder Vee piston engine, 276 kW (370 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph)
Armament
- 3 × 0.303in (7.7mm) machine gun
- 300kg (661lb) of bombs
References
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- Notes
- Bibliography
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
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