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| Designed by Capt Georges Lepere, who, while on loan
to the US government, had been primarily responsible
for the Packard-Lepere LUSAC-11 and -21 two-seat
fighters, the Avimeta 88 two-seat parasol monoplane
fighter was built by the aviation department of the
Schneider-Creusot industrial group, and appeared in
1926. Constructed entirely of a metal alloy known as
alferium, the Avimeta 88 had corrugated alferium skinning
and was powered by a 500hp Hispano-Suiza 12Hb
12-cylinder liquid-cooled engine. Armament comprised
two synchronised 7.7mm MAC (Vickers) machine
guns and two Lewis guns on a flexible mounting in the
rear cockpit. Only one prototype of the Avimeta 88 was
built, development being abandoned when the official
requirement for a new two-seat fighter and reconnaissance
aircraft was discarded.
 | A three-view drawing (1280 x 722) |
| MODEL | Avimeta 88 |
| CREW | 2 |
| ENGINE | 1 x 500hp Hispano-Suiza 12Hb |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 2400 kg | 5291 lb |
| Empty weight | 1550 kg | 3417 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 17.00 m | 56 ft 9 in |
| Length | 9.76 m | 32 ft 0 in |
| Height | 3.00 m | 10 ft 10 in |
| Wing area | 40.00 m2 | 430.56 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 240 km/h | 149 mph |
| Cruise speed | 206 km/h | 128 mph |
| Ceiling | 7500 m | 24600 ft |
| ARMAMENT | 4 x 7.7mm |
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