Dewoitine D.7

D.7
Role	ultralight sport plane Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Dewoitine
Designer	Emile Dewoitine
First flight	c.1924
Number built	~5-10

The Dewoitine D.7 was a French sport plane built in the mid 1920s.

Development

The D.7 was a conventionally laid-out monoplane, with a thick cantilever shoulder wing. Its single seat, open cockpit, provided with a small windscreen, was over the wing. It had conventional, fixed, tailskid landing gear.

The D.7 could be powered by any small engine; the Salmson AD.3 radial engine, the Clerget 2K flat twin, Vaslin flat-four or Vaslin water-cooled six cylinder inline engines were fitted.

Operators

 Japan

• One aircraft was sold to the Japanese Army.

Specifications (AD.3 engine)

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 5.60 m (18 ft 4.5 in)
• Wingspan: 12.60 m (41 ft 4 in)
• Wing area: 15.00 m² (161.46 sq ft)
• Gross weight: 250 kg (551 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Salmson 3Ad three-cylinder radial engine , 9.0 kW (12 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 90 km/h (56 mph, 49 kn)
• Endurance: 5 hours
• Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,840 ft)

References

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