Farman Blanchard

Blanchard
	Farman Blanchard at the Paris Aero Show 1921
Role	Torpedo bomber
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Farman
Designer	Maurice Blanchard
First flight	1923
Number built	1

The Farman Blanchard was a prototype naval torpedo bomber built in France in the early 1920s but not selected for production.^[1]^[2] It is designated the Farman F.450 Torp in at least one source^[2] (not to be confused with the unrelated Farman F.450 Moustique^[3]). It was designed by Maurice Blanchard, after whom it was named.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Design

The Blanchard was a two-bay, unstaggered, equal-span biplane of conventional configuration.^[1]^[4] The pilot and observer sat in tandem, open cockpits.^[1]^[4] Power was supplied by a piston engine in the nose, driving a tractor propeller.^[1]^[4] It had fixed, tailskid undercarriage,^[1]^[4] and a conventional tail.^[4] It carried its torpedo semi-recessed into the underside of the fuselage.^[1]^[4] Construction was of wood throughout.^[1]^[4]

It was intended to operate from land or from aircraft carriers.^[1]^[2]

Development

The Blanchard was exhibited at the 1921 Paris Aero Show where a Flight reporter commented on its large wings making it less suitable for shipboard use than the British torpedo bombers of the time.^[4] The Blanchard first flew in 1923,^[2] but was passed over for production in favour of the Levasseur PL.2.^[1]^[2]^[3] No further examples were built.^[1]^[2]

Specifications

Data from The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft 1983, p.1735

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 18.00 m (59 ft 1 in)
Height: 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 100.00 m² (1,076.4 sq ft)
Max takeoff weight: 2,950 kg (6,504 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Renault liquid-cooled, twelve-cylinder V engine, 340 kW (450 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
Service ceiling: 6,000 m (20,000 ft)

Armament
2× 7.7-millimetre (0.30 in) machine guns
1× torpedo

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft 1983, p.1735
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Liron 1984, p.24
^ ^a ^b ^c Liron 1984, p.25
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "The Paris Aero Show 1921", p.800

Bibliography

The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
Liron, Jean (1984). Les Avions Farman [The Farman Aeroplanes] (in French). Paris: Éditions Larivière.
"The Paris Aero Show 1921". Flight. Vol. 13, no. 48. 1 December 1921. pp. 796–800.

[IEA-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft 1983, p.1735

[liron24-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Liron 1984, p.24

[liron25-3] Liron 1984, p.25

[flight800-4] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "The Paris Aero Show 1921", p.800

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