The Voisin XII was a prototype French two-seat four-engine biplane bomber built near the end of the First World War but which did not enter service.[1]
Development
The Voisin XII was a long-range night bomber with four Hispano-Suiza 8Bc engines mounted in pairs in tandem. The aircraft was built in response to the BN2 requirement for a long-range night bomber. One prototype was built and test flights were successful, but the war's end precluded the Voisin XII from being ordered into production.[1]
The Voison XIII night-bomber or Type E.87-2 was a proposed development of the Voisin XII, it was not built.[2]
Specifications (Voisin XII Bn.2)
Data from French Aircraft of the First World War[1]
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 17.30 m (56 ft 9 in)
Wingspan: 30.00 m (98 ft 5 in)
Height: 4.91 m (16 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 155.68 m2 (1,675.7 sq ft)
Empty weight: 3,500 kg (7,716 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 5,700 kg (12,566 lb)
Powerplant: 4 × Hispano-Suiza 8Bc V-8 water-cooled piston engines in tandem tractor/pusher nacelles, 160 kW (220 hp) each
Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press. pp. 567–568. ISBN978-1891268090.
Grey, C.G. (2001). Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War I (1919) (Facsimile ed.). London: Random House Group. ISBN1-85170-347-0.