User:TheLongTone/Hanriot 1912 monoplane

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Hanriot 1912 monoplane
Role sports aircraft
National origin France
Manufacturer Hanriot
Designer Alfred Pagny
First flight 1912

Design and development[edit]

The 1912 Hanriot monoplane was an early French aircraft

Designed by AlfredPagny, who had been responsible for the design of the Nieport monoplane, which the Hanriot closely resembled. It had a deep rectangular section fuselage with the longerons curving inwards at the front

wings and tailplane folding

Two examples built by Hewlett & Blondeau for the British Hanriot company were flown at the 1912 Military Aircraft Trials held on Salisbury Plain in August 1912, flown by Sippé and Bielovukic.

Specifications[edit]

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 7.32 m (24 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.73 m (41 ft 9 in)
  • Empty weight: 445 kg (981 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Gnome double Omega Twin-row 14 cylinder air cooled rotary eengine, 75 kW (100 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed Chauvière, 2.55 m (8 ft 4 in) diameter

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 117 km/h (73 mph, 63 kn)

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ The Hanriot MonoplaneFlight,29 October 1912.

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