Dewoitine D.21

Design and development

The prototype D.21 was a development of the D.12. The aircraft was license-built in Switzerland (by EKW), Czechoslovakia (by Skoda and known as the Skoda-Dewoitine D.1) and Argentina (by FMA). One Turkish D.21 was fitted with a modified wing and named Orhanelli.

Variants

D.21

French Production version, license-built in Argentina and Turkey.

Skoda D.1

Licence manufacture of the Dewoitine D.21 in Czechoslovakia by Skoda;(26 built - included in D.9 total). Engine Škoda L was a licence of Hispanio Suiza HS-50. Armament only 2x Vickers 7,7 mm.

Operational history

Argentina bought seven D.21s, and built another 58 under their own licence. Turkey bought a number, and Czechoslovakia built 25 for their air force.

Operators

 Argentina

Army Aviation Service

Argentine Naval Aviation

 Czechoslovakia

 Paraguay

Paraguayan Air Force

  Switzerland

 Turkey

Turkish Air Force

Specifications (variant)

Data from

General characteristics

Crew: one

Capacity: one

Length: 7.64 m (25 ft .75 in)

Wingspan: 12.8 m (41 ft 0 in)

Height: 3 m (10 ft 10.75 in)

Wing area: 24.8 m² (266.95 ft²)

Empty weight: 1,090 kg (2,403 lb)

Gross weight: 1,580 kg (3,483 lb)

Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Gb V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 373 kW (500 hp) each

Performance

Maximum speed: 270 km/h (168 mph)

Range: 400 km (249 miles)

Service ceiling: 8991.6 m (29,500 ft)

Armament

2 × fuselage-mounted synchronised 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine guns

2 × wing-mounted 7.5 mm (0.295 in) Darne machine guns in the center section (optional)