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with a wide track. Each wheel was on a bent axle from the fuselage at the base of the forward wing strut, with a near-vertical leg fitted with a rubber shock absorber mounted on that same strut at a higher point which was reinforced with an inward-leaning strut to the upper fuselage and another
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was conventional and angular, constructed in the same way as the wing. The horizontal tail was almost rectangular in plan and was mounted on top of the fuselage, supported by inverted V-struts from below. The
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seven cylinder radial. This had a higher gross weight of 1,650 kg (3,640 lb) and a maximum speed of 200 km/h (120 mph; 110 kn). Its development continued at least into May.
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rearwards to the base of the rear wing strut. The axles were stabilised with drag struts, again to the bottom of the rear wing strut. Aft, the tailskid was sprung steel.
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nine-cylinder radial and was modified for a proposed long-distance flight, rumoured to be trans-Atlantic, to be flown by
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The Aviméta 92 was flown for the first time near the beginning of
December 1927, piloted by Moutonnier and powered by an
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was also considered. The engine had a pair of fuel tanks in the wings and an oil tank aft of the engine
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arms manufacturer. The Avinméta 92 was an all-metal aircraft, in accord with the company's principles.
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built in the late 1920s. Three different engines were fitted, and one example flew the first non-stop
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radial. By mid-March 1928 one was flying with a 170 kW (230 hp)
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Aviméta (Sociéte pour la construction d'avion métallique)
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The Aviméta 92 was powered by a variety of nose-mounted
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150 L (33 imp gal; 40 US gal)
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Aviméta 92 3-view drawing from L'Air
January 1, 1928
477:"Les ailes regionales - La semaine à Villacoublay"
357:9-cylinder radial engine, 89 kW (120 hp)
123:)‚ grew out of the Aeronautical Department of the
204:which ran down to the keel, operating in a small
121:Société pour la Construction d'Avions Métallique
61:Société pour la Construction d'Avions Métallique
594:"Les beaux voyages d'essais: Détroyet-Guilbaud"
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498:"Les ailes regionales - à Villacoublay"
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378:160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
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717:1920s French civil utility aircraft
317:12.60 m (41 ft 4 in)
311:9.30 m (30 ft 6 in)
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727:Single-engined tractor aircraft
329:29 m (310 sq ft)
270:Specifications (Salmson 120 hp)
457:Serryer, J. (5 January 1928).
363:2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
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537:"Détroyat va se promener ..."
390:4,000 m (13,000 ft)
341:1,125 kg (2,480 lb)
732:Aircraft first flown in 1927
576:"Paris-Alger et Alger-Paris"
604:(9–10): 149. 1–15 May 1928.
522:(339): 5. 15 December 1927.
429:(48): 776. 2 December 1926.
335:785 kg (1,731 lb)
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459:"Le monomoteur Aviméta 92"
396:55 km/h (34 mph)
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290:General characteristics
285:Les Ailes, January 1928
95:, all-metal, five seat
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241:Wright R-790 Whirlwind
115:Design and development
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220:Operational history
722:High-wing aircraft
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266:and his co-pilot.
186:side-by-side seats
71:mid-December 1927
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465:(342): 3–4.
369:Performance
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89:Aviaméta 92
711:Categories
401:References
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327:Wing area:
119:Aviméta, (
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580:Les Ailes
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417:"Avimeta"
315:Wingspan:
303:Capacity:
283:Data from
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97:monoplane
666:aircraft
245:Détroyat
226:uncowled
206:elevator
174:firewall
143:ailerons
132:dihedral
109:Atlantic
321:Height:
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162:Salmson
105:Algiers
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422:Flight
260:OO-AJZ
256:OO-AJY
202:rudder
158:Wright
93:French
91:was a
50:France
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33:Role
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353:1 ×
258:and
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