BH-26
The Avia BH-26 was a two-seat armed reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1927. It was a single-bay unstaggered biplane with equal-span wings and a fixed tailskid undercarriage. Both upper and lower wings featured long-span ailerons, which were dynamically balanced by a small auxiliary airfoil mounted to the upper surface of the lower ailerons. Its design was typical of this type of aircraft built during World War I and the years following; pilot and observer sat in tandem open cockpits with the observer armed with a machine gun on a ring mount. As with many other Avia designs, the BH-26 originally had no fixed fin, only a rudder, but this was changed in service.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Avia
- Category
- Reconnaissance
- Country of origin
- Czechoslovakia
- First flight
- 1927-01-01
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 130 kt
- Max speed
- 130 kt
- Range
- 290 nm
- Service ceiling
- 24,600 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,240 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 3,880 lb
- Empty weight
- 2,381 lb
- Fuel capacity
- 111 US gal
- Powerplant
- Walter-built Bristol Jupiter 9-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 2
- Length
- 29 ft
- Wingspan
- 35 ft
- Height
- 11 ft
- Number built
- 8
Specifications are approximate and may vary by variant. Compiled from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).
Reference and training only. Specifications vary by variant — consult the manufacturer and the official documents.