Bernard SIMB AB 12
Appearance
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Role | Single-seat fighter |
National origin | France |
Manufacturer | Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB), sometimes referred to as Ferbois |
Designer | Jean Galtier |
First flight | May 1926 |
Number built | 1 |
The Bernard SIMB AB 12 was a French single engine, single-seat monoplane fighter aircraft built in the 1920s. Though advanced for its time, it failed to gain a production order and only one was built.
Design and development
Like the
chord, almost straight edged fin, though its rudder, moving between the elevators, ended on the upper fuselage line. The fuselage had an oval cross section with the open cockpit over the wing, a short, faired headrest behind it.[1]
The AB 12 was powered by a 313 kW (420 hp)
tricycle gear was completed by a tailskid.[1]
Overall, the AB 12 was 40% more powerful but less aerodynamically clean and 7% heavier than the AB 10, so its maximum speed was only 6% higher. Monoplanes in a biplane era, neither design received a production order and only one of each was built.[1]
Specifications
Data from Liron[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 7.20 m (23 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in)
- Height: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 21.00 m2 (226.0 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 900 kg (1,984 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,450 kg (3,197 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Gnome-Rhône 9Ab9-cylinder radial, 310 kW (420 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed
Performance
- Maximum speed: 260 km/h (160 mph, 140 kn)
- Service ceiling: 8,500 m (27,900 ft)
Armament
- Guns: 4×7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine guns, 2 Darne
References
Bibliography
- Liron, Jean (1990). Les avions Bernard. Collection Docavia. Vol. 31. Paris: Éditions Larivière. ISBN 2-84890-065-2.
- Bruner, Georges (1977). "Fighters a la Francaise, Part One". Air Enthusiast (3): 85–95. ISSN 0143-5450.
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