Farman HF.10

1910s French reconnaissance aircraft

HF.10

Role  | Reconnaissance aircraft

Type of 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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

1. ^ "Farman HF.10".
2. ^ https://www.hydroretro.net/etudegh/premiersfarman.pdf[bare URL PDF]

## Bibliography[edit]

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

## Further reading[edit]

* Hartmann, Gérard. "Le grand concours d'aviation militaire de Reims 1911" [The Reims Military Aviation Competition, 1911] (PDF). Dossiers historiques et techniques aéronautique française (in French). Gérard Hartmann. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
* Moulin, Jean (October 2004). "Reims 1911, le premier concours d'appareils militaires au monde!" [Reims 1911, the First Military Aircraft Concours in the World!]. Avions: Toute l'aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (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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Henri Farman|

* HF.6
* HF.7
* HF.10
* HF.14
* HF.16
* HF.19
* HF.20
* HF.21
* HF.22
* HF.23
* HF.24
* HF.26
* HF.27
* HF.30
* HF.31
* HF.33
* HF.35
* HF.36
* HF.206

Maurice Farman|

* MF.6
* MF.7
* MF.8
* MF.9
* MF.11
* MF.16

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