Farman F.160

F.160 Goliath
Role	Bomber
Manufacturer	Farman
First flight	1928
Primary user	Aéronautique Maritime
Number built	c. 250

The Farman F.160 was a heavy bomber aircraft developed in France in the late 1920s. It was essentially an attempt by Farman Aviation Works to modernise their tremendously successful F.60 Goliath design of the immediately postwar years. The most noticeable external difference was the larger tailfin of the new aircraft. Like its predecessor, it was a large three-bay biplane of conventional configuration with unstaggered wings of equal span. Initially conceived as a heavy night bomber, most examples built were float-equipped torpedo bombers for the Aéronautique Maritime, who operated some 40 of the F.165 variant and 200 of the F.168. One of the original F.160 night bombers was exported to Italy, and one to Japan. Plans to develop airliner versions did not progress past the prototype stage.

Variants

• F.160 - Four-seat night bomber with two 500-hp (373-kW) Farman 12We engines, designated F.160BN.4 by Aviation Militaire
• F.161 - One airliner with 480 hp (360 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines and one bomber similar to the F.160
• F.162 - One prototype airliner with Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines
• F.163 - Airliner with 380 hp (280 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Aa engines
• F.165 - Seaplane torpedo bomber with Gnome-Rhône 9A or 9Aa engines
• F.166 - 230 hp (170 kW) Salmson 9 Ab engines
• F.167 - Seaplane torpedo bomber with Gnome-Rhône 9Ab engines
• F.168 - Seaplane torpedo bomber with Gnome-Rhône 9Ax engines; main production version
• F.169 - Improved airliner version with Gnome-Rhône 9Akx engines
• F.268 - ex- F.168 with supercharged 500 hp (375 kW) Salmson 18 Abs engines
• F.269 - ex- F.169 as sesquiplane seaplane
• F.368 - ex F.168 with 530 hp (395 kW) Gnome-Rhône 9Kbrs engines

Operators

 France

• French Navy

 Italy

• one aircraft only.

 Japan

• One aircraft only.

Specifications (F.168)

General characteristics

• Crew: Five
• Length: 15.18 m (49 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 26.25 m (86 ft 2 in)
• Height: 6.10 m (20 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 159.6 m² (1,1718 ft²)
• Empty weight: 4,600 kg (10,140 lb)
• Gross weight: 6,800 kg (14,990 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Gnome-Rhône 9Akx, 360 kW (480 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 174 km/h (108 mph)
• Range: 800 km (500 miles)
• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
• Rate of climb: 2.1 m/s (410 ft/min)

References

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. pp. 379. ISBN 0710607105. 
• World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 894 Sheet 15. ISBN 1156943825. 

External links

• "The Paris Aero Show 1926". Flight: 779. 2 December 1926. http://www.flightglobal.com/PDFArchive/View/1926/1926%20-%200879.html. Retrieved 2008-03-11. 

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