- Fokker XA-7
infobox Aircraft
name = XA-7
type = Attack
manufacturer = Fokker-America
caption = Atlantic-Fokker XA-7
designer =
first flight = April 1931
introduced =
retired =
produced =
number built = 1
status = Prototype
unit cost =
primary user =U.S. Army Air Corps
more users =
developed from =
variants with their own articles = The General Aviation / Fokker XA-7 was a prototypeattack aircraft ordered in December 1929, and first flown in January 1931 byFokker and thenGeneral Aviation Corporation after it bought Fokker-America in 1930, and entered in a competition held by theUnited States Army . However, theCurtiss A-8 won the competition, and A-7 development was not continued.The XA-7 was a two-seat low-wing all-metal
monoplane design. It featured a thickcantilever wing, tunnelradiator and two closely spaced opencockpit s.pecifications (Fokker XA-7)
aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
crew=Two
length main=31 ft
length alt=9.45 m
span main=46 ft 9 in
span alt=14.25 m
height main=9 ft 5 in
height alt=2.87 m
area main=333 ft²
area alt=30.94 m²
empty weight main=3866 lb
empty weight alt=1754 kg
max takeoff weight main=5650 lb
max takeoff weight alt=2563 kg
engine (prop)=Curtis Conqueror
type of prop=V-12 liquid cooled
number of props=1
power main=600 hp
power alt=448 kW
max speed main=184 mph
max speed alt=296 km/h
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
stall speed main=61 mph
stall speed alt=98 km/h
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range alt=
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loading main=
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armament=
* 5 × .30 caliber machine guns and convert|488|lb|abbr=on of bombsExternal links
* [http://home.att.net/~jbaugher4/a7.html Joe Baugher page on XA-7]
* [http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/research/attack/a2/a2-2.htm USAF Museum: Atlantic-Fokker XA-7]ee also
aircontent
related=
similar aircraft=
*Curtiss XA-8
sequence=
A-4 -
A-5 -
A-6 -XA-7 -
A-8 -
XA-9 -
YA-10
lists=
*List of military aircraft of the United States
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