Farman F.170 Jabiru
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| F.170 Jabiru | |
|---|---|
| Type | airliner |
| Manufacturer | Farman |
| Maiden flight | 1925 |
| Produced | 1925-1929 |
| Number built | 19 |
The Farman F.170 Jabiru was a 1925 single-engine airliner evolved from the F.121 Jabiru, built by the Farman Aviation Works.
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[edit] Design and Development
The F.170 Jabiru was a single-engine evolution of the 1923 F.3X or F.121 Jabiru. In the early 1920s, there was a strong prejudice in favour of single-engine airliners. Since even multi-engine aircraft could not keep flying in the likely event that an engine went out, it was considered that a single engine offered just as much security and a greater ease of maintenance.
The F.170 could carry up to 8 passengers and was an ungainly high-wing monoplane with a rectangular wing of constant profile. Its construction was of traditional wood and fabric. Since the aircraft was quite low on its wheels, it was often derisively called the ventre-à-terre (belly to the ground). The first flight took place in 1925.
The improved F.170bis, introduced in 1927, incorporated some metal construction and could carry 9 passengers. The F.171bis was joined by the one and only F.171.
[edit] Operational History
The F.170 and F.170bis were used exclusively by the Farman airlines (Société Générale de Transport Aérien) from May 1926 and used on the Paris-Cologne-Berlin route. When the SGTA was incorporated in the newly-created Air France airline on October 7, 1933, some five F.170 were still being used.
[edit] Specifications (F.170)
Data from Histoire Mondiale des Avions de Ligne, by Alain Pelletier[1]
General characteristics
- Capacity: 8 passengers
- Length: 11.75 m (38 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 16.01 m (52 ft 6 in)
- Height: 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 52.50 m² (565 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1800 kg (3,965 lb)
- Loaded weight: 3319 kg (7,310 lb)
- Powerplant: × 1 x 500-hp Farman 12We, (300 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 202 km/h (125 mph)
- Cruise speed: 189 km/h (117 mph)
- Range: 500 km (310 mi)
- Service ceiling 4500 m (14,760 ft)
[edit] References
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[edit] External links
- "The Paris Aero Show 1926" (2 December 1926). Flight: 779.
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