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SET 7

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Top speed
  
250 km/h

Length
  
7.15 m

Wingspan
  
9.8 m

First flight
  
1931

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Manufacturer
  
Societatea Pentru Exploatări Tehnice

Designers
  
Grigore Zamfirescu, Ștefan Protopopescu

The SET 7 was a military trainer and reconnaissance aircraft that was produced in Romania in the mid-1930s. It was originally designed as a conventional single-bay biplane, with slightly staggered wings, a standard undercarriage with fixed tailskid, and a tandem open-cockpit arrangement for the pilot and instructor or observer. Power was supplied by an Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar radial engine, and from the outset the aircraft was equipped for wireless and photographic reconnaissance duties.

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An armed version followed in 1934, adding a trainable machine gun for the observer and a fixed machine gun for the pilot. This version, the 7K, was powered by a neatly cowled Gnome-Rhône 7Ksd engine, and the 7KB (fitted with bomb racks) and 7KD were specialised subtypes that followed it. A floatplane version was produced as the 7H.

Variants

  • SET 7 - initial unarmed trainer version with Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar engine (50 built, 1932-1934)
  • SET 7K - armed reconnaissance version with Gnome-Rhône 7Ksd engine (20 built, delivered by August 1936)
  • SET 7KB - 7K fitted with IAR-built Barbieri-type bomb racks (20 built, delivered by September 1937)
  • SET 7KD - 7K stripped of most equipment and used for liaison duties (Divizionar - "army division use") (20 built, delivered between October and December 1938)
  • SET 7H - floatplane for Romanian Navy

    • Operators

     Romania
  • Royal Romanian Air Force
  • Royal Romanian Navy

    • Specifications (7KD)

    General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and observer
  • Length: 7.15 m (23 ft 5 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.80 m (32 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
  • Wing area: 26.6 m2 (286.32 ft2)
  • Empty weight: 1,010 kg (2,458 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,780 kg (3,924 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × IAR-built Gnome-Rhône 7Kd, 373 kW (500 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 250 km/h (155 mph)
  • Range: 580 km (360 miles)
  • Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)

    • Armament

  • 1 × fixed, forward firing .303 Lewis gun
  • 1 × trainable, rearward-firing .303 Lewis gun on ring mount for observer
  • 300 kg (660 lb) of bombs

    • References

    SET 7 Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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