FBA Type H
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| Type H | |
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| Type | Reconnaissance flying boat |
| Manufacturer | FBA |
| Number built | ca. 2000 |
The FBA Type H was a reconnaissance flying boat produced in large numbers in France during World War I. A development of the FBA Type A, the Type H shared the same basic configuration but was a larger and heavier machine based on a Donnet-Lévêque design and powered by a Vee engine in place of the earlier type's rotary. Aside from its production in France, the type was also built extensively under licence in Italy by several firms, most importantly SIAI.
One Type H was built as an Avion-Canon equipped with a 37 mm Hotchkiss gun. Although this was a landplane, its fuselage retained its basic flying boat form.
[edit] Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: Three, pilot and two observers/gunners
- Length: 9.92 m (32 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 14.72 m (48 ft 4 in)
- Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 40.0 m² (430 ft²)
- Empty weight: 984 kg (2,170 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,420 kg (3,130 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 8Aa, 112 kW (150 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 150 km/h (90 mph)
- Range: 450 km (280 miles)
Armament
- 1 × .303 Lewis gun fixed to fuselage, or mounted on post in observer's cockpit
- 200 kg (440 lb) of bombs
[edit] References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 381.
- Уголок неба
- aviafrance.com
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