Farman F.211
# Farman F.211

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.

## Development

Designed as a day/night bomber the F.211 was similar but smaller than the F.220. 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. The type did not enter production.

## Variants

### F.211

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

### 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.

### F.215

    Proposed airliner version with two crew and 12 passengers, not built.

## Specifications (F.211)

Data from Orbis

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 $m^2$ (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)
