Farman F.211
Role	Four-seat day/night bomber Type of aircraft
National origin	France
Manufacturer	Farman Aviation Works
First flight	1932

The Farman F.211 was a French four-seat day or night bomber designed and built by the Farman Aviation Works for the French Air Force.^[1]

Development

Designed as a day/night bomber the F.211 was similar but smaller than the F.220.^[1] The F.211 was a high-wing braced monoplane with engines mounted on stub-wings with each stub wing having a pair of Gnome-Rhône Titan 7Kcrs radial engines, one tractor and one pusher.^[1] The type did not enter production.^[1]

Variants

F.211

Four-seat day or night bomber with four 300hp (224kW) Gnome-Rhône Titan 7Kcrs radial engines.^[1]

F.212

Improved design with more powerful 350hp (261kW) Gnome-Rhône 7Kds radial engines, an increased bomb load of 1400kg (3086lb) and other detail changes.^[1]

F.215

Proposed airliner version with two crew and 12 passengers, not built.^[1]

Specifications (F.211)

Data from Orbis^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 4
• Length: 15.90 m (52 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 23.00 m (75 ft 6 in)
• Height: 4.22 m (13 ft 10 in)
• Wing area: 109 m² (1,170 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 5,050 kg (11,133 lb) equipped
• Max takeoff weight: 7,400 kg (16,314 lb)
• Powerplant: 4 × Gnome-Rhône Titan 7Kcrs 7-cylinder radial piston engine, 220 kW (300 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
• Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 2 × twin 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun in nose and dorsal position and one single 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun in ventral position.
• Bombs: up to 1050kg (2315lb)