Voisin VII

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
Developed into Voisin VIII
Voisin VII of escadrille V.114

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

Design

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

 France

Specifications

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

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Citations

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

Bibliography

  • 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.