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Страна: Франция

Год: 1918

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

Delattre BN3 Bomber

  One of the most interesting and unusual French designs of the 1914-1918 period, the Delattre night bomber was intended to meet the requirements for a heavy bomber comparable to the RAF’s Handley Page V/1500.
  The aircraft was to have had articulated biplane wings with the fuselage situated between them. The pivot was to be located at the center of gravity; this permitted the fuselage to remain centered while the wings swiveled in a vertical plane to provide lift. The aircraft was to have been powered by two 500-hp Canton-Unne engines buried in the fuselage. The engines were to have had a common shaft so that each supplied power to both the front and rear propellers. The four-bladed propellers were located at the front and rear of the fuselage, giving the aircraft a push-pull configuration. To provide an added measure of safety (the engines of the time not being completely reliable) and to permit economical cruise on one engine, it was possible for the aircraft to fly with one engine off. It was never completed.


Delattre Bomber with Two 500-hp Canton-Unne Engines (project only)
   Wing area 260 sq. m
   Empty weight 3,870 kg; payload 1,200 kg
   Maximum speed: 178 km/h; ceiling 1,300 m; range 1,100 km

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