BH-7
The Avia BH-7 was a prototype fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1923. It was a parasol-wing monoplane developed in tandem with, and as an alternative to the BH-6, which shared its fuselage and tail design. Like the BH-6, the BH-7 was involved in a number of serious crashes during its test programme, which led to its abandonment as a fighter. Undaunted, however, Avia used the design as the basis for a racing aircraft, shortening the wingspan by 1.4 m (4 ft 7 in), fairing the wing directly onto the top of the fuselage and dispensing with the cabane struts. This revised version was designated BH-7B and the fighter (retrospectively) as the BH-7A. When the design proved no more successful as a racer, it was finally put to rest.
Summary from Wikipedia, photo via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.
- Manufacturer
- Avia
- Category
- Fighters
- First flight
- 1923-01-01
- Length
- 6.84 m
- Wingspan
- 10.4 m
Specifications
- Cruise speed
- 129 kt
- Max speed
- 129 kt
- Range
- 260 nm
- Service ceiling
- 26,200 ft
- Rate of climb
- 1,312 ft/min
- Max takeoff weight
- 2,537 lb
- Empty weight
- 1,885 lb
- Powerplant
- Skoda licence-built Hispano-Suiza 8 Fb Vee-8
- Engines
- 1
- Seats
- 1
- Length
- 22 ft
- Wingspan
- 34 ft
- Height
- 9 ft
- Number built
- 2
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.