Hanriot HD 1

The Hanriot HD 1 (Hanriot-Dupont HD.1) is the first hunter builds by the public limit company of the apparatuses of aviation Hanriot (France).

It is in summer 1916 that the HD 1 conceived by Pierre Dupont is built. It is about a small and extremely handy single-seat hunter. It was not never ordered by the French military aviation but was adopted by the US Navy, the Italy, the Belgium and the Suisse, it remained in service until in 1920.

Features

Standard : Hunter
Manufacturer : Apparatuses of Aviation Hanriot
Brought into service : 1917 Driving
: an engine the-Rhone rotating 9J-, cooled by air of 110 CV (80,9 kw), then an engine the-Rhone 9R de 170 CV.
Scale : 8.70 m
Surface of the wings : 18 m ²
Length : 5.85 m
Height : 2.55 m
Laden weight : 652kg
maximum Speed : 184 km/h
Climbing speed : in 5,10 minutes to 2000 m of altitude, 3000 m in 11 minutes
Ceiling : 6,400 m
Armament : 1 or 2 machine-gun (S) Vickers of 7,7 mm

See too

External bond

HD 1 on Eads.com
HD 1 on Worldatwar.net

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