Bernard_14

Bernard SIMB AB 14

Bernard SIMB AB 14

Type of aircraft

The Bernard SIMB AB 14 was a 1920s French single-seat sesquiplane fighter aircraft designed and built by the Société Industrielle des Métaux et du Bois (SIMB).[1][2] With a reluctance of the French authorities to purchase monoplanes the Bernard 14 was designed as a sesquiplane with Y-form struts bracing the wings on each side.[1] It was powered by a Hispano-Suiza 12Hb inline piston engine and had a fixed tailskid landing gear.[1] While on a test flight on 22 February 1926 the aircraft suffered a catastrophic structural failure of the upper wing and the only Bernard 14 was destroyed.[1]

Quick Facts AB 14, Role ...

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 7.40 m (24 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.50 m (41 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 27 m2 (290 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,240 kg (2,734 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,800 kg (3,968 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Hb inline piston engine, 370 kW (500 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)

Armament

  • Guns: Two fixed 7.7mm (0.303in) synchronised machine-guns

Notes

  1. [1]
    Orbis 1985, p. 637
  2. [2]
    Liron, p. 180, 224

Bibliography

  • Bruner, Georges (1977). "Fighters a la Francaise, Part One". Air Enthusiast (3): 85–95. ISSN 0143-5450.
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.
  • Liron, Jean (1990). Les avions Bernard. Collection Docavia. Vol. 31. Paris: Éditions Larivière. ISBN 2-84890-065-2.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bernard 14.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Bernard_14, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.