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Bernard SIMB AB 14

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Top speed
  
230 km/h

Length
  
7.4 m

Wingspan
  
12 m

Retired
  
1926

Manufacturer
  
Société des Avions Bernard

The Bernard SIMB AB 14 was a 1920s French single-seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed and built by the Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB). With a reluctance of the French authorities to purchase monoplanes the Bernard 14 was designed as a sesquiplane with Y-form struts bracing the wings on each side. It was powered by a Hispano-Suiza 12Hb inline piston engine and had a fixed tailskid landing gear. While on a test flight on 22 February 1926 the aircraft suffered a catastrophic structural failure of the upper wing and the only Bernard 14 was destroyed.

Specifications

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.50 m (41 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 27 m2 (290 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,240 kg (2,734 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,800 kg (3,968 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Hb inline piston engine, 370 kW (500 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 230 km/h (143 mph; 124 kn)

    • Armament

  • Guns: Two fixed 7.7mm (0.303in) synchronised machine-guns

    • References

    Bernard SIMB AB 14 Wikipedia
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