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Voisin XII
Voisin XII
	Voisin XII
General information
Type	Night Bomber
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Voisin
Designer	Gabriel Voisin
Number built	1
History
First flight	1918

The Voisin XII was a prototype French two-seat four-engine biplane bomber built near the end of the First World War but which did not enter service.^[1]

Development

The Voisin XII was a long-range night bomber with four Hispano-Suiza 8Bc engines mounted in pairs in tandem. The aircraft was built in response to the BN2 requirement for a long-range night bomber. One prototype was built and test flights were successful, but the war's end precluded the Voisin XII from being ordered into production.^[1]

The Voison XIII night-bomber or Type E.87-2 was a proposed development of the Voisin XII, it was not built.^[2]

Specifications (Voisin XII Bn.2)

Data from French Aircraft of the First World War^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 17.30 m (56 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 30.00 m (98 ft 5 in)
Height: 4.91 m (16 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 155.68 m² (1,675.7 sq ft)
Empty weight: 3,500 kg (7,716 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 5,700 kg (12,566 lb)
Powerplant: 4 × Hispano-Suiza 8Bc V-8 water-cooled piston engines in tandem tractor/pusher nacelles, 160 kW (220 hp) each
Propellers: 2-bladed Voisin fixed-pitch tractor/pusher propellers

Performance

Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn) at 2,000 m (6,600 ft)
Range: 700 km (430 mi, 380 nmi)
Endurance: 5 hours
Time to altitude: 20 minutes to 2,000 m (6,600 ft)

Armament

Guns: one 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Lewis gun, with the option for one 37 mm (1.457 in) Hotchkiss cannon
Bombs: 800 kg (1,800 lb) of bombs.

References

Citations

1 2 3 Davilla, 1997, pp.567-568
↑ Grey 2001, p. 125

Bibliography

Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press. pp. 567–568. ISBN 978-1891268090.
Grey, C.G. (2001). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I (1919) (Facsimile ed.). London: Random House Group. ISBN 1-85170-347-0.

[Davilla-1] 1 2 3 Davilla, 1997, pp.567-568

[2] Grey 2001, p. 125

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