Avia BH-6

The Avia BH-6 was a prototype fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1923. It was a single-bay biplane of unusual configuration, developed in tandem with the BH-7, which shared its fuselage and tail design.

BH-6
Role Fighter
Manufacturer Avia
Designer Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
First flight 1923
Number built 1

Development

The BH-6 had wings of unequal span, but unusually, the top wing was the shorter of the two, and while it was braced to the bottom wing with a single I-strut on either side, these sloped inwards from bottom to top. Finally, the top wing was attached to the fuselage not by a set of cabane struts, but by a single large pylon.

The BH-6 crashed early in its test programme, and when the related BH-7 did also, both implementations of this design were abandoned.


Specifications

General characteristics

  • Crew: one pilot
  • Length: 6.47 m (21 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.98 m (32 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 2.88 m (9 ft 5 in)
  • Wing area: 22.6 m2 (243 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 878 kg (1,936 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,180 kg (2,601 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Skoda licence-built Hispano-Suiza 8Fb , 224 kW (300 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 220 km/h (137 mph, 119 kn)
  • Endurance: 2 hours
  • Service ceiling: 7,000 m (23,000 ft)

Armament

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See also

Related development

References
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 86.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing. pp. File 889 Sheet 86.
  • Němeček, V. (1968). Československá letadla. Praha: Naše Vojsko.
  • airwar.ru
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