User:TheLongTone/Hanriot 1912 monoplane

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.

Bibliography edit