Voisin_VII Knowpia

Voisin VII
Role	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	Voisin
Designer	Gabriel Voisin
First flight	1916
Introduction	1916
Primary user	Aéronautique Militaire
Number built	100
Developed from	Voisin V
Variants	Voisin VIII and Voisin X

The Voisin VII was a French reconnaissance pusher biplane aircraft of World War I.

Design edit

The Voisin VII was a biplane with a single engine in a pusher configuration, developed by Voisin in 1916 as an enlarged Voisin V with the engine cooling radiators moved to the nose. However, the Voisin VII was underpowered, even with improvements over its predecessor.^[1]

Operators edit

France

Aéronautique Militaire

Specifications edit

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 10.35 m (33 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 17.93 m (58 ft 10 in)
Height: 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 61.14 m² (658.1 sq ft)
Empty weight: 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
Gross weight: 1,700 kg (3,748 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Renault 8G V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 130 kW (180 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed Voisin 4, 2.98 m (9 ft 9 in) diameter wood fixed pitch pusher propeller^[3]

Performance

Maximum speed: 112 km/h (70 mph, 60 kn) at sea level
Endurance: 4½ hours

Armament

Guns: 1 x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine gun

References edit

Citations edit

^ Davilla, 1997
^ Parmentier, Bruno (11 November 2006). "Voisin VII". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 27 January 2019.
^ Hartmann, 2015, p.22

Bibliography edit

Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 978-1891268090.
Hartmann, Gérard (6 January 2015). "Les héliciers français" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[Davilla-1] Davilla, 1997

[AVfrvvii-2] Parmentier, Bruno (11 November 2006). "Voisin VII". Aviafrance (in French). Paris. Retrieved 27 January 2019.

[Hartmann22-3] Hartmann, 2015, p.22

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