SET 7

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SET 7
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SET-7K
RoleTrainer and reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer SET
DesignerGrigore Zamfirescu [1]
Dumitru Bazilu [1]
Ștefan Protopopescu [1]
First flight 1931
Number built123

The SET 7 was a military trainer and reconnaissance aircraft that was produced in Romania in the mid-1930s. It was originally designed as a conventional single-bay biplane, with slightly staggered wings, a standard undercarriage with fixed tailskid, and a tandem open-cockpit arrangement for the pilot and instructor or observer. Power was supplied by an Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar radial engine, and from the outset the aircraft was equipped for wireless and photographic reconnaissance duties.

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An armed version followed in 1934, adding a trainable machine gun for the observer and a fixed machine gun for the pilot. This version, the 7K, was powered by a neatly cowled Gnome-Rhône 7Ksd engine, and the 7KB (fitted with bomb racks) and 7KD were specialised subtypes that followed it. A floatplane version was produced as the 7H.

Variants

Operators

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Specifications (7K)

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1937, [3] Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905–1974 [4]

General characteristics

Performance

255 km/h (158 mph; 138 kn) at 1,500 m (4,900 ft)
253 km/h (157 mph; 137 kn) at 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 5 minutes 40 seconds
3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 9 minutes 5 seconds
4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 13 minutes 41 seconds
5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 19 minutes 41 seconds

Armament

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Antoniu, Dan; Cicos, George (2007). Romanian Aeronautical Constructions (2nd ed.). Bucharest: Vivaldi. p. 239. ISBN   978-973-150-002-7.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Craciunoiu, Cristian; Axworthy, Mark; Scafeş, Cornel (1995). Third axis, fourth ally : Romanian armed forces in the European war, 1941-1945. London: Arms and Armour Press. p. 243. ISBN   1854092677.
  3. Grey, C.G.; Bridgman, Leonard, eds. (1937). Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1937. London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 255c.
  4. Gugju, Ion; Gheorghe Iacobescu; Ovidiu Ionescu. Romanian Aeronautical Constructions 1905–1974. Brasov. pp. 158–159.

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