Voisin III

[petitbilbo]

Hi again!

the second plane for which I'll need the stats is

Specifications (Voisin III or LA)

Data from The Aeroplanes of the Royal Flying Corps (Military Wing) [3]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
Wingspan: 14.74 m (48 ft 4 in)
Height: 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Wing area: 49.7 m² (534 ft²)
Empty weight: 950 kg (2,094 lb)
Loaded weight: 1,350 kg (2,976 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Salmson M.9 water-cooled radial engine, 97 kW (130 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 105 km/h (57 knots, 65 mph) at sea level
Endurance: 4½ hours
Climb to 1,000 m (3,300 ft): 12 min
Climb to 2,000 m (6,600 ft): 30 min

Armament

Guns: 1× .303 in Lewis gun
Bombs: up to 91 kg (200 lb) of bombs

On October 5, 1914 , over Jonchery, Reims, Sergeant Joseph Frantz and Corporal Louis Quénault of Escadrille VB24 scored the first air-to-air kill (not involving ramming - see Pyotr Nesterov) of the war, shooting down a German Aviatik B.II with machine gun fire. Quénault fired two 48-round magazines at the Germans. The Germans returned fire with rifles. When the Frenchman's 8mm Hotchkiss M1909 machine gun jammed, he successfully returned fire with his rifle. Oberleutnant Fritz von Zangen and Sergeant Wilhelm Schlichting of FFA 18 fell to their deaths. This is believed to be the first air-to-air kill in any war.

Again, in advance

[csadn]

Well, I see one problem: The only difference between "straight" and "stall" is going to be a diamond marking....

[petitbilbo]

Well, it flew, didn't it?

[Linz]

[well it flew didn't it] I question your definition of flew.
This aircraft falls into the problem category because of speed. Like the Farman F40 I am getting the feel that using the bomber decks is the answer for the aircraft of this speed band. Otherwise you have to use the P length decks.
So
XD B 10 maybe 11 Ceiling 8 climb rate 8
R or E if no bomber decks
Others thoughts would be good
Linz

[petitbilbo]

I'm fine with that, but it would indeed be nice to hear from others...

[Linz]

No doubt Jon Steel-Ratt will check these out when he gets back from leave.
But I agree it would be good to get other people's points of view.
Linz