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Страна: Франция

Год: 1918

J.Davilla, A.Soltan French Aircraft of the First World War (Flying Machines)

Bernard S.A.B. C1 Fighter

  To meet the C1 specification calling for a fighter powered by a 300-hp engine, Adolphe Bernard, Louis Bechereau, Marc Birkigt, and Louis Bleriot designed a two-bay biplane. Designated the Quatre B, or Fourth B (after the fact that its four creators' last names all began with B) it later received the more prosaic appellation S.A.B. (Societe Avions Bernard) C1. The new fighter had a 300-hp Hispano-Suiza liquid-cooled engine and was a two-bay biplane with a corpulent but streamlined fuselage.
  The S.A.B. C1 did not fly until 11 November, 1918, the day of the Armistice. Five examples were built by the Levasseur firm. These featured an annular radiator just behind the propeller cone. However, the mediocre performance of the S.A.B. C1, combined with the Armistice, meant that no further examples beyond the original five were produced.


Bernard S.A.B. C1 Fighter with 300-hp Hispano-Suiza
   Span 9.30 m; length 6.90 m; height 2.55 m; wing area 28.90 sq. m
   Empty weight 783 kg; loaded weight 1,122 kg
   Maximum speed 210 km/h; climb to 2,000 min 5.78 min.
   Five built.

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