Farman HF.10

Short description: 1910s French reconnaissance aircraft

HF.10

Role  | Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer  | Farman
Designer  | Henri Farman
First flight  | 1912
Number built | 2

The Farman HF.10 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the First World War.

## Development

The HF.10 was developed in 1911 for the military aircraft competition (Concours Militaire), held in Reims. The HF.10 had a Gnome Rhone engine, but the subsequent HF.10bis had a slightly more powerful Gnome Gamma engine with a power of 70 hp.[1]

## Specifications

Data from [2]

General characteristics

* Crew: 3
* Length: 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
* Wingspan: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
* Height: 2.70 m (8 ft 10 in)
* Wing area: 72 m2 (780 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 350 kg (772 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 550 kg (1,213 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Gnome Omega 7-cylinder air-cooled rotary piston engine, 37 kW (50 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden pusher propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 80 km/h (50 mph, 43 kn)
* Range: 315 km (196 mi, 170 nmi)

## References

1. ↑ "Farman HF.10". http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/hf10.html.
2. ↑ https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/premiersfarman.pdf [bare URL PDF]

## Bibliography

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

## Further reading

* Hartmann, Gérard. "Le grand concours d'aviation militaire de Reims 1911". Gérard Hartmann. https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/grand_concours_d_aviation_militaire__reims_1911.pdf.
* Moulin, Jean (October 2004). "Reims 1911, le premier concours d'appareils militaires au monde!" (in fr). Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (139): 51–58. ISSN 1243-8650.
* Opdycke, Leonard E. (1999). French Aeroplanes before the Great War. Atglen, Pennsylvania: Schiffer Publishing. ISBN 0-7643-0752-5.

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