Avia BH-3

__NOTOC__ Infobox Aircraft
name=BH-3


caption=1/72 scale model by Robert Myers
type=Fighter
manufacturer=Avia
designer=Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
first flight=1921
introduced=1923
retired=1927
status=
primary user=Czechoslovakian Air Force
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produced=
number built=14
variants with their own articles=The Avia BH-3 was a fighter plane built in Czechoslovakia in 1921. Conceptually a descendant of the BH-1 sports plane, it was a braced, low-wing monoplane of conventional configuration and tailskid undercarriage. Following favourable trials in June 1921, ten examples were ordered by the Czech Air Force. These were delivered in 1923 under the military designation B.3. The type proved temperamental in service and was soon relegated to training duties, where it served until 1927.

Units using this aircraft

* 1st Airborne Regiment, Czechoslovakian Air Force

pecifications

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crew=one pilot
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length m=7.00
length ft=23
length in=0
span m=10.20
span ft=33
span in=5
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height m=3.10
height ft=10
height in=2
wing area sqm=15.8
wing area sqft=170
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empty weight kg=778
empty weight lb=1,715
gross weight kg=1,025
gross weight lb=2,260

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=BMW IIIa inline
eng1 kw= 138
eng1 hp= 185
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max speed kmh=225
max speed mph=140
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range km=500
range miles=300
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ceiling m=7,800
ceiling ft=25,600
glide ratio=
climb rate ms=7.9
climb rate ftmin=1,560
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armament1=2 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine guns
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References

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* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww1/bh3.html airwar.ru]

ee also

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related=
BH-1

similar aircraft=

sequence=
BH-1 -
BH-2 -BH-3 -
BH-4 -
BH-5 -
BH-6

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