Farman HF.7

Short description: 1910s French reconnaissance aircraft

HF.7

Role  | Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer  | Farman
Designer  | Henri Farman
First flight  | 1912

The Farman HF.7 was a reconnaissance aircraft built in France shortly before the First World War.

## Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

* Crew: 2 (pilot and observer)
* Length: 8.70 m (28 ft 7 in)
* Wingspan: 12.05 m (39 ft 6 in)
* Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
* Wing area: 28 m2 (300 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 370 kg (816 lb)
* Max takeoff weight: 560 kg (1,235 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)
* Wing loading: 20.0 kg/m2 (4.1 lb/sq ft)
* Power/mass: 0.08 hp/kg

## References

1. ↑ 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.

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