Farman F.270

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The Farman F.270 was a prototype French bomber/torpedo-bomber designed and built by the Farman Aviation Works for the French Air Force.[1]

Development

The F.270 of 1933 was a development of the earlier F.60 and F.150 series it was a mixed wood and metal sesquiplane with a single vertical tail unit. Powered by two Gnome-Rhône 14Kbr radial engines mounted above the lower wing.[1] It had a wide-track tailskid landing gear and three machine-gun positions, one in the balcony type nose, one amidships and one in a ventral position that fired though a trap door in the floor.[1]

In 1934 an improved variant was produced, the Farman F.271, with engine power boosted to 800 hp (597 kW) additional nose glazing for the bomb/torpedo aimer, and larger navigators station, and the ventral trap door replaced with a retractable bathtub gondola.[1] Neither type entered production but the F.271 was later tested on floats.[1]

Variants

F.270
Prototype with Gnome-Rhône 14Kbr radial engines.[1]
F.271
Improved design with 800hp (597kW) Gnome-Rhône 14K radial engines, also tested as a float-plane.[1]

Specifications (F.271)

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Length: 18.50 m (60 ft 8 in)
  • Wingspan: 26.00 m (85 ft 4 in)
  • Height: 6.00 m (19 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 152 m2 (1,640 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 5,830 kg (12,853 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 11,160 kg (24,604 lb)
  • Powerplant: 2 × Gnome-Rhône 14K 14-cylinder radial piston engine, 600 kW (800 hp) each
  • Propellers: 4-bladed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 250 km/h (155 mph; 135 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 7,500 m (24,606 ft)
Armament
  • Guns: 6 × 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun (two each in nose, dorsal and ventral positions)
  • Bombs: up to 1000kg (2205lb) or one torpedo

See also


Related lists

References

Notes
  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Orbis 1985, p. 1757
Bibliography
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