Voisin VII
WWI French reconnaissance aircraft
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Role | Reconnaissance Type of aircraft |
Manufacturer | Voisin |
Designer | Gabriel Voisin |
First flight | 1916 |
Introduction | 1916 |
Primary user | Aéronautique Militaire |
Number built | 100 |
Developed from | Voisin V |
Developed into | Voisin VIII |
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The Voisin VII was a French reconnaissance pusher biplane aircraft of World War I.
Design
The Voisin VII was a biplane with a single engine in a pusher configuration, developed by Voisin in 1916 as an enlarged Voisin V with the engine cooling radiators moved to the nose. However, the Voisin VII was underpowered, even with improvements over its predecessor.[1]
Operators
France
- Aéronautique Militaire
Specifications
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 10.35 m (33 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 17.93 m (58 ft 10 in)
- Height: 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 61.14 m2 (658.1 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,700 kg (3,748 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Renault 8G V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 130 kW (180 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed Voisin 4, 2.98 m (9 ft 9 in) diameter wood fixed pitch pusher propeller[3]
Performance
- Maximum speed: 112 km/h (70 mph, 60 kn) at sea level
- Endurance: 4½ hours
Armament
- Guns: 1 x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine gun
References
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Citations
Bibliography
- Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 978-1891268090.
- Hartmann, Gérard (6 January 2015). "Les héliciers français" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 5 August 2019.
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