Dewoitine D.21
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| Dewoitine D.21 from Argentina. | |
| Role | Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Dewoitine |
| First flight | 1925 |
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The Dewoitine D.21 was 1920s French open-cockpit, fixed-undercarriage monoplane fighter aircraft.
Design and development
The prototype D.21 was a development of the D.12. The aircraft was license-built in Switzerland (by EKW), Czechoslovakia (by Skoda and known as the Skoda-Dewoitine D.1) and Argentina (by FMA). One Turkish D.21 was fitted with a modified wing and named Orhanelli.
Orhanelli; a Dewoitine D.21 fitted with a modified wing for record-breaking flights.
Variants
- D.21
- French Production version, license-built in Argentina and Turkey.
- Skoda D.1
- Licence manufacture of the Dewoitine D.21 in Czechoslovakia by Skoda;(26 built - included in D.9 total). Engine Škoda L was a licence of Hispanio Suiza HS-50. Armament only 2x Vickers 7,7 mm.
Operational history
Argentina bought seven D.21s, and built another 58 under their own licence. Turkey bought a number, and Czechoslovakia built 25 for their air force.[1]
Operators
Specifications (variant)
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one
- Length: 7.64 m (25 ft .75 in)
- Wingspan: 12.8 m (41 ft 0 in)
- Height: 3 m (10 ft 10.75 in)
- Wing area: 24.8 m2 (266.95 ft2)
- Empty weight: 1,090 kg (2,403 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,580 kg (3,483 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hispano-Suiza 12Gb V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 373 kW (500 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 270 km/h (168 mph)
- Range: 400 km (249 miles)
- Service ceiling: 8991.6 m (29,500 ft)
Armament
- 2 × fuselage-mounted synchronised 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers machine guns
- 2 × wing-mounted 7.5 mm (0.295 in) Darne machine guns in the center section (optional)
See also
- Related development
- Related lists
References
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Notes
Bibliography
- Donald, David, ed. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Prospero Books, 1997. ISBN 1-85605-375-X.
- Taylor, John W. R. and Jean Alexander. Combat Aircraft of the World. New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1969. ISBN 0-71810-564-8.
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