Avia BH-17
{{Short description|Czechoslovak fighter aircraft}}
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|name=BH-17
|image=Avia BH-17-4.jpg
|caption=
|type=Fighter
|manufacturer=Avia
|designer=Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
|first_flight=1924
|introduction=
|retired=
|status=
|primary_user=Czechoslovakian Air Force
|more_users=
|produced=
|number_built=24
|variants=
}}
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The Avia BH-17 was a biplane fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was a development of the BH-6 and BH-8, and work on the latter aircraft was cut short in favour of this one. Operational trials in 1924 revealed performance good enough for the Czechoslovak Air Force to place an order for 24 examples. In actual service, however, the BH-17 proved unreliable and was soon withdrawn.
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|prime units? = met
|crew=one pilot
|length m=6.86
|length ft=22
|length in=6
|span m=8.86
|span ft=30
|span in=0
|wing area sqm=21.3
|wing area sqft=229
|empty weight kg=762
|empty weight lb=1,680
|gross weight kg=1,155
|gross weight lb=2,546
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Skoda-built Hispano-Suiza 8Fb Vee-8
|eng1 kw=230
|eng1 hp=310
|max speed kmh=235
|max speed mph=146
|range km=500
|range miles=310
|ceiling m=8,000
|ceiling ft=26,000
|climb rate ms=5.9
|climb rate ftmin=1,170
|armament = *2 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine guns
}}
See also
References
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=86 }}
- {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 889 Sheet 86 }}
- Němeček, V. (1968). Československá letadla. Praha: Naše Vojsko.
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