Voisin VII

The Voisin VII was a French reconnaissance pusher biplane aircraft of World War I.

Voisin VII
Role	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	Voisin
Designer	Gabriel Voisin
First flight	1916
Introduction	1916
Primary user	Aéronautique Militaire
Number built	100
Developed from	Voisin V
Developed into	Voisin VIII

Voisin VII of escadrille V.114

Design

The Voisin VII was a biplane with a single engine in a pusher configuration, developed by Voisin in 1916 as an enlarged Voisin V with the engine cooling radiators moved to the nose. However, the Voisin VII was underpowered, even with improvements over its predecessor.

Operators

France

• Aéronautique Militaire

Specifications

Data from

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 10.35 m (33 ft 11 in)
• Wingspan: 17.93 m (58 ft 10 in)
• Height: 3.95 m (13 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 61.14 m² (658.1 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,250 kg (2,756 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,700 kg (3,748 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Renault 8G V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 130 kW (180 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Voisin 4, 2.98 m (9 ft 9 in) diameter wood fixed pitch pusher propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 112 km/h (70 mph, 60 kn) at sea level
• Endurance: 4½ hours

Armament

• Guns: 1 x 7.7 mm (0.303 in) machine gun

References

Bibliography

• Davilla, Dr. James J.; Soltan, Arthur (1997). French Aircraft of the First World War. Mountain View, CA: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 978-1891268090.
• Hartmann, Gérard (6 January 2015). "Les héliciers français" (PDF) (in French). Retrieved 5 August 2019.