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1910s French reconnaissance aircraft
HF.6
Role
Reconnaissance aircraftType of aircraft
Manufacturer
Farman
Designer
Henri Farman
First flight
June 1911
The Farman HF.6 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the
First World War .
The HF.6 would later be developed into the more advanced
Farman HF.14 , which differed from the former in having a more streamlined horizontal stabilizer and an oval rudder.
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Specifications
Data from
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General characteristics
Crew: 2 (pilot and observer)
Length: 9.00 m (29 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 11.00 m (36 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 21 m2 (230 sq ft)
Empty weight: 350 kg (772 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×
Gnome 7-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 37 kW (50 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden pusher propeller
Performance
Maximum speed: 90 km/h (56 mph, 49 kn)
Range: 315 km (196 mi, 170 nmi)
Wing loading: 26.1 kg/m2 (5.3 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass : 0.09 hp/kg
References
Bibliography
Liron, Jean (1984). Les avions Farman . Collection Docavia. Vol. 21. Paris: Éditions Larivière.
OCLC
37146471 .