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When the
Service Technique de l'Aéronautique (S.T.Aé, Technical Department of Aeronautics) cancelled the two seat fight specification in 1926, further development by Wibault also ended; though the Wib 121 went on a sales demonstration in
267:(the first and second prototypes) were both flown for the first time in May 1926. The latter was about 8% faster in a climb to 4,000 m (13,125 ft) than the heavier Wib 8. The third aircraft, the
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in 1928, no orders were gained. Instead, the company tried to develop the design into a two-seat Army cooperation reconnaissance aircraft. The
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The Wib 12 Sirocco, a single engine, two seat, parasol wing fighter was a structurally much revised development of the similarly configured
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type as used by the Wib 8, was totally enclosed and drove a two blade propeller. It was cooled by a retractable, half-cylindrical
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with mainwheels on a split axle attached to the fuselage underside, supported by a pair of V-struts; there was a small tailskid.
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Army co-operation version. No wing guns and only one synchronised
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aircraft, with whom
Wibault shared patents and collaborative designs. They fitted it with a 410 kW (550 hp) W-12
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on the fuselage underside at the back of the engine. Behind the engine the fuselage was flat sided. The fighter had a fixed
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was mounted towards the top of the fuselage, together with an angular
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and two Army co-operation variants. There was no series production.
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in the 1920s. Three fighter prototypes were completed, one for the
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0.196 kW/kg (0.119 hp/lb) with 410 kW (550 hp)
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Complete Book of Fighters, Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928
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arc; in addition the rear cockpit was fitted with a pair of
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water-cooled upright V-12, 370 kW (500 hp) (
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635:. Godalming, UK: Salamander Books. pp. 596–7.
337:First prototype, fuselage and rear seat guns only.
326:Wibault 12 photo from L'Aéronautique October,1927
218:fixed to the fuselage fired forwards through the
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565:2×7.7 mm (0.303 in) unsynchronised
631:Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994).
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306:had the same armament but was powered by a
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453:29.63 m (318.9 sq ft)
431:9.44 m (31 ft 0 in) (
441:12.66 m (41 ft 6 in)
314:engine. Again, no orders resulted.
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659:Andrews, CF; Morgan, E.B. (1988).
447:3.15 m (10 ft 4 in)
343:Second prototype, wing guns added.
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582:firing through the propeller arc.
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373:engine, same armament as Wib 124.
387:. Vickers referred to it as the
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1022:Single-engined tractor aircraft
497:2-bladed fixed pitch peropeller
469:2,050 kg (4,519 lb) (
459:1,212 kg (2,672 lb) (
774:Aircraft designed or built by
588:2×7.7 mm (0.303 in)
575:2×7.7 mm (0.303 in)
463:1,234 kg (2,721 lb))
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1012:1920s French fighter aircraft
633:The Complete Book of Fighters
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518:6,200 m (20,300 ft)
473:2,085 m (6,841 ft))
404:Specifications (Wib 121 C.2)
214:7.7 mm (0.303 in)
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661:Vickers Aircraft since 1908
435:9.09 m (29.8 ft))
365:Army co-operation version.
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732:Grey, C.G., ed. (1928).
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416:General characteristics
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186:, braced to the lower
139:designed and built in
78:Avions Michel Wibault
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1007:Parasol-wing aircraft
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580:Vickers machine guns
216:Vickers machine guns
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346:Wib 122 Sirocco C.2
340:Wib 121 Sirocco C.2
300:Vickers machine gun
263:The Wib 12 and the
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567:Darne machine guns
481:Hispano-Suiza 12Hb
334:Wib 12 Sirocco C.2
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250:Hispano-Suiza 12Hb
126:Wibault 12 Sirocco
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102:Number built
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503:Performance
495:Propellers:
477:Powerplant:
362:Wib 125 A.2
356:Wib 124 A.2
228:Scarff ring
196:jury struts
18:Wibault 122
1001:Categories
601:References
563:Wing guns:
539:Power/mass
451:Wing area:
224:Lewis guns
935:Wib 360T5
845:Wib 10/II
439:Wingspan:
409:Data from
232:tailplane
220:propeller
180:Duralumin
96:May 1926
83:Designer
52:Two seat
925:Wib 283T
920:Wib 282T
915:Wib 281T
910:Wib 280T
555:Armament
318:Variants
254:radiator
188:fuselage
960:Wib 368
955:Wib 367
950:Wib 366
945:Wib 365
940:Wib 362
930:Wib 313
905:Wib 260
900:Wib 240
895:Wib 220
890:Wib 210
865:Wib 123
776:Wibault
544:122 C.2
532:122 C.2
485:122 C.2
471:122 C.2
461:122 C.2
445:Height:
433:122 C.2
429:Length:
381:Vickers
304:Wib 125
293:Wib 124
273:Vickers
269:Wib 122
265:Wib 121
208:cockpit
840:Wib 10
825:Wib 74
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810:Wib 71
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289:Turkey
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192:struts
151:Design
141:France
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805:Wib 7
800:Wib 3
795:Wib 2
790:Wib 1
717:1 May
693:1 May
592:on a
491:W-12)
423:Crew:
397:J9029
184:chord
176:Wib 9
172:Wib 7
168:Wib 3
161:spars
49:Role
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695:2013
665:ISBN
637:ISBN
479:1 ×
371:V-12
312:V-12
247:V-12
238:and
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