- Renard Epervier
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name = Epervier
type = Fighter
manufacturer =SABCA
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designer = Georges Renard
first flight = avyear|1928
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primary user =None
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number built =2
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variants with their own articles =The Renard Epervier was a
Belgian prototype single-seat all-metal fighter monoplane built by the brothers Renard for a government-sponsored design contest in 1928. The Epervier Type 2 was built and flown in 1928, being constructed by Belgian aircraft manufacturerStampe et Vertongen . It carried an armament of two synchronised 7.7mm guns and was lost later in 1928 after failing to recover from a flat spin. A second prototype, the Epervier Type 2bis, introduced revised streamlined fairings for the cantilever mainwheel legs, mainwheel spats and cylinder aft-fairings and was built by SABCA (Société Anonyme Belge de Constructions Aéronautiques).Operational history
The Type 2bis was first demonstrated to the Belgian government in 1930 in an Aviation Militare order, however it was rejected in favour of the
Fairey Firefly . Another design, the Epervier Type 3, was improved with a 480hp engine and was studied under government contract, but again was not built.Specifications - Type 2bis
aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=One
span main=10.20m
span alt=33 ft 5⅔ in
area main=20.00m²
area alt= 215.28 ft²
length main=7.00m
length alt=22 ft 11⅔ in
height main=2.76m
height alt=9 ft 0⅔ in
empty weight main=794 kg
empty weight alt=1,750 lb
loaded weight main=1,300 kg
loaded weight alt=2,866 lb
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engine (prop)=Gnome-Rhone
type of prop=air-cooled radial engine
number of props=1
power main=358 kW
power alt=480 hp
max speed main=273 km/h
max speed alt=170 mph
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range main=
range alt=
ceiling main=
ceiling alt=
climb rate main= 8 minutes to 1,000 metres
climb rate alt= 8 minutes to 3,280 ft
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guns=2 x 7.7 mm machine gunBibliography
* William Green and Gordon Swanborough. "The Complete Book of Fighters". Colour Library Direct, Godalming, UK: 1994. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.
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