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| Developed in parallel with the AVIS II and entering
flight test shortly afterwards in 1935, the AVIS III was
powered by a 550hp Manfred Weiss-built Gnome-
Rhone 9Krsd Mistral nine-cylinder radial engine driving
a three-bladed adjustable-pitch Hamilton Standard
propeller. Unlike the preceding AVIS fighters which
were of all-metal construction, the AVIS III had wooden
wings with a combination of plywood and fabric skinning,
and four prototypes were laid down. The AVIS III
demonstrated improved characteristics, but lacking
the agility of the Fiat CR.32, which was meanwhile
evaluated by the Legilyi Hivatal and adopted for service,
it was not ordered into production. The armament
of the AVIS III was two 7.62mm Gebauer machine
guns, and one of the four prototypes was completed
with minor modifications as the AVIS IV.
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| MODEL | AVIS III |
| CREW | 1 |
| ENGINE | 1 x 700hp Weiss/Gnome Rhone 9Krsd |
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 1380 kg | 3042 lb |
| Empty weight | 1210 kg | 2668 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 9.50 m | 31 ft 2 in |
| Length | 7.80 m | 26 ft 7 in |
| Height | 3.20 m | 11 ft 6 in |
| Wing area | 20.20 m2 | 217.43 sq ft |
| PERFORMANCE |
| Max. speed | 310 km/h | 193 mph |
| Cruise speed | 256 km/h | 159 mph |
| Ceiling | 6500 m | 21350 ft |
| Range | 400 km | 249 miles |
| ARMAMENT | 2 x 7.62mm |
| donald Clark, e-mail, 05.11.2012 08:25 It needs to be protected from termites. It is no joke. This fine specimen will succumb if not treated. I live in an old house and it has resisted the years, the storms, but the bugs will get it when I leave. reply | | argeo, e-mail, 18.07.2012 20:23 Armament was 2 x 7.92mm calibre machine guns.
Gebauer produced machine guns in 7.92 × 57mm (German) and 8 × 56R (Hungarian Army) reply | | apaczko, e-mail, 05.11.2010 14:03 Hi!
"Legilyi" is not a hungarian word, it is "Légügyi" means "Aviation". reply |
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