Farman B.2

Farman B.2
Role	Light day bomber
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Farman
First flight	1920s
Number built	1

The Farman B.2 was a 1920s French biplane designed as a light day bomber. Only one was built.^[1]

Development

Farman designed and built in 1924 what was a bulky unequal span two-bay biplane for use as a day bomber.^[1] The pilot had a cockpit forward of the wing leading edge, the observer/gunner had a cockpit in a cut-out in the wing trailing edge.^[1] The B.2 was tested with different combinations of engines and radiators and it required modification to the fin and rudder for problems with directional stability.^[1] Despite all these modifications the aircraft did not meet the required performance and was not ordered into production.^[1]

Specifications

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2 (pilot, observer/gunner)
Length: 10.70 m (35 ft 1¼ in)
Wingspan: 17.0 m (55 ft 9¼ in)
Height: 3.90 m (12 ft 9½ in)
Wing area: 63 m² (678.15 ft²)
Empty weight: 1360 kg (2998 lb)
Gross weight: 2460 kg (5423 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine-Dietrich 12-cylinder Vee piston engine, 276 kW (370 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph)

Armament

3 × 0.303in (7.7mm) machine gun
300kg (661lb) of bombs

References

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Notes

1 2 3 4 5 6 Orbis 1985, p. 1735

Bibliography

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing.

Aircraft produced by Henri Farman, Maurice Farman, and Farman Aviation Works

Henri Farman	HF.6 HF.7 HF.10 HF.14 HF.16 HF.19 HF.20 HF.21 HF.22 HF.23 HF.24 HF.26 HF.27 HF.30 HF.206

Maurice Farman	MF.6 MF.7 MF.8 MF.9 MF.11 MF.16

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