Avia BH-17

__NOTOC__ Infobox Aircraft
name=BH-17


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type=Fighter
manufacturer=Avia
designer=Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
first flight=1924
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primary user=Czechoslovakian Air Force
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number built=24
variants with their own articles=The Avia BH-17 was a biplane fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1924. It was a development of the BH-6 and BH-8, and work on the latter aircraft was cut short in favour of this one. Operational trials in 1924 revealed performance good enough for the Czech Air Force to place an order for 24 examples. In actual service, however, the BH-17 proved unreliable and was soon withdrawn.

pecifications

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crew=one pilot
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length m=6.86
length ft=22
length in=6
span m=8.86
span ft=30
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wing area sqm=21.3
wing area sqft=229
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empty weight kg=762
empty weight lb=1,680
gross weight kg=1,155
gross weight lb=2,546

eng1 number=1
eng1 type=Skoda-built Hispano-Suiza 8Fb Vee-8
eng1 kw= 230
eng1 hp= 310
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max speed kmh=235
max speed mph=146
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range km=500
range miles=310
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ceiling m=8,000
ceiling ft=26,000
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climb rate ms=5.9
climb rate ftmin=1,170
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armament1=2 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine guns
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References

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* Němeček, V. (1968). "Československá letadla". Praha: Naše Vojsko.

ee also

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related=
BH-6 -
BH-8

similar aircraft=

sequence=
BH-11 -
BH-12 -
BH-16 -BH-17 -
BH-19 -
BH-20 -
BH-21

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