Farman HF.6

HF.6
Role Reconnaissance 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.[1]


Specifications

Data from [2]

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

  1. ^ "Farman HF.14".
  2. ^ Premiers Farmanhydroretro.net Archived 2020-10-22 at the Wayback Machine

Bibliography

  • Liron, Jean (1984). Les avions Farman. Collection Docavia. Vol. 21. Paris: Éditions Larivière. OCLC 37146471.


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