В.Шавров История конструкций самолетов в СССР до 1938 г.

"Депердюссен-Спорт" завода Лебедева (монокок № 11). Это был одноместный истребитель с двигателем "Гном-Моносупап" в 100 л. с. и с синхронным пулеметом через винт. Скорость - 180 км/ч. Строился в первом квартале 1916 г. Это была переделка французского самолета "Депердюссен-Спорт" 1914 г., которую В. А. Лебедев пытался продать военному ведомству как истребитель. Однако вооружение на нем не было установлено и самолет принят не был.

A.Durkota, T.Darcey, V.Kulikov The Imperial Russian Air Service (Flying Machines)

Deperdussin Sport

  The Deperdussin Sport was an experimental aircraft built in the beginning of 1916 and was a development of the French 1914 model. A monoplane, it retained a similar style of wing warping, with braces attached to the fuselage ahead of the cockpit. The elevators also maintained the same shape as earlier Deperdussin types, but the rudder was the rounded style, a common Lebedev feature. The biggest design change was the monocoque plywood fuselage, giving the machine a flying barrel appearance. This machine was equipped with a 100hp Gnome rotary engine and displayed the typical Lebed windscreen. The cockpit was a single large opening, giving the appearance of being a two-seat machine, although this has been disputed. If the aircraft carried two crewmen, it allowed for ease of communication. The Sport had a top speed of 112 mph and was to have a synchronized machine gun. For unknown reasons, this model was not accepted, the gun was never mounted, and production did not occur past the prototype.