Often known by the military designation BN.4 (Bombardement de Nuit Strategique, 4 places), some sources refer to it as the Super Goliath though that name was also applied to the Farman F.141.[1] It was a four-seat long range night bomber. The company exhibited the BN.4 at the 1921 Paris Salon de l'Aeronautique. The BN.4 was a four-engined three-bay biplane powered by four Lorraine piston engines mounted in tandem pairs on the lower wing. It had a biplane tail unit and a tailskid landing gear with twin-wheel main units. It had provision for a gunner in the nose section and amidships with additional machine guns that fired downwards and to the rear.[2]
By the time the aircraft was test flown a pair of twin nose wheels had been added to stop the aircraft nosing over on soft grass airfields. After the aircraft had performed a number of test flights the military had lost interest in spending on new equipment in the post-war era. A civil version was looked at but it would have been too large and the BN.4 was not ordered into production.[2]
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Farman BN.4 3-view drawing from Les Ailes December 8, 1921
Liron, Jean (1984). Les avions Farman. Collection Docavia. Vol. 21. Paris: Éditions Larivière. OCLC 37146471.
January 01, 1970
farman, super, goliath, very, large, 1920s, french, biplane, designed, farman, long, range, night, bomber, role, long, range, night, bomber, national, origin, france, manufacturer, farman, first, flight, march, 1922, number, built, 1development, editoften, kno. The Farman BN 4 a k a Super Goliath was a very large 1920s French biplane designed by Farman as a long range night bomber 2 Farman BN 4 Role Long range night bomber National origin France Manufacturer Farman First flight March 1922 1 Number built 1Development editOften known by the military designation BN 4 Bombardement de Nuit Strategique 4 places some sources refer to it as the Super Goliath though that name was also applied to the Farman F 141 1 It was a four seat long range night bomber The company exhibited the BN 4 at the 1921 Paris Salon de l Aeronautique The BN 4 was a four engined three bay biplane powered by four Lorraine piston engines mounted in tandem pairs on the lower wing It had a biplane tail unit and a tailskid landing gear with twin wheel main units It had provision for a gunner in the nose section and amidships with additional machine guns that fired downwards and to the rear 2 By the time the aircraft was test flown a pair of twin nose wheels had been added to stop the aircraft nosing over on soft grass airfields After the aircraft had performed a number of test flights the military had lost interest in spending on new equipment in the post war era A civil version was looked at but it would have been too large and the BN 4 was not ordered into production 2 Specifications edit nbsp Farman BN 4 3 view drawing from Les Ailes December 8 1921 Data from 2 General characteristicsLength 21 4 m 70 ft 3 in Wingspan 32 9 m 107 ft 11 in Height 7 35 m 24 ft 1 in Wing area 300 m2 3 200 sq ft Empty weight 5 500 kg 12 125 lb Gross weight 10 500 kg 23 149 lb Powerplant 4 Lorraine 12D V 12 water cooled piston engines 276 kW 370 hp each Performance Maximum speed 160 km h 99 mph 86 kn Service ceiling 4 500 m 14 800 ft Armament Guns 5 7 7 mm 0 303 in machine guns Bombs up to 2 500 kg 5 500 lb of bombsReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Farman BN 4 Notes edit a b Liron 1984 pp 224 225 a b c d Orbis 1985 pp 1774 1775 Bibliography edit The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft Part Work 1982 1985 Orbis Publishing Liron Jean 1984 Les avions Farman Collection Docavia Vol 21 Paris Editions Lariviere OCLC 37146471 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Farman BN 4 amp oldid 1122626920, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
