Fokker XA-7

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XA-7
Atlantic-Fokker XA-7
Type	Attack
Manufacturer	Fokker-America
Maiden flight	April 1931
Status	Prototype
Primary user	U.S. Army Air Corps
Number built	1

The General Aviation / Fokker XA-7 was a prototype attack aircraft ordered in December 1929, and first flown in January 1931 by Fokker and then General Aviation Corporation after it bought Fokker-America in 1930, and entered in a competition held by the United States Army. However, the Curtiss A-8 won the competition, and A-7 development was not continued.

The XA-7 was a two-seat low-wing all-metal monoplane design. It featured a thick cantilever wing, tunnel radiator and two closely spaced open cockpits.

[edit] Specifications (Fokker XA-7)

General characteristics

• Crew: Two
• Length: 31 ft (9.45 m)
• Wingspan: 46 ft 9 in (14.25 m)
• Height: 9 ft 5 in (2.87 m)
• Wing area: 333 ft² (30.94 m²)
• Empty weight: 3866 lb (1754 kg)
• Max takeoff weight: 5650 lb (2563 kg)
• Powerplant: 1× Curtis Conqueror V-12 liquid cooled, 600 hp (448 kW)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 184 mph (296 km/hr)
• Stall speed: 61 mph (98 km/hr)

Armament

• 5 × .30 caliber machine guns and 488 lbs of bombs

[edit] External links

• Joe Baugher page on XA-7
• USAF Museum: Atlantic-Fokker XA-7

[edit] See also

Comparable aircraft

• Curtiss XA-8
  

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of the United States
  

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