Basic information
Manufacturer | Special Hobby |
Product code | SPH72420 |
Weight: | 0.23 kg |
Ean: | 8594071089207 |
Scale | 1:72 |
Added to catalog on: | 5.17.2023 |
The Potez 25 was one of the most widely used aeroplanes of the 1920s and 1930s. The Potez company produced its type 25 not just for the French Air Force and Navy, the biplane was also exported to any countries in Europe, Asia and Americas. In some of these countries the type was also manufactured under licence. The Potez 25 was mainly powered by in-line engines, some versions could also be fitted with a radial, most often of the Jupiter type. And this is also the version portrayed now by our kitset and the marking options cover machines as flown in Estonia, Finland and Yugoslavia.
- Interesting variety of the original Potez 25
- Wheels or skis undercarriage option
- Eye-catching selection of colour schemes
The Potez 25 (or Potez XXV) was a French multi-role aircraft from the interwar period and the beginning of World War II. The flight of the prototype took place in 1924, and serial production started a year later - in 1925. The drive was provided by a single motor Lorraine-Dietrich 12Eb with a power of 450 hp. The length of the aircraft was 9.14 meters with a wingspan of 14.14 meters. The deck armament consisted of three 7.7 mm machine guns. The machine could also carry a load of bombs weighing up to 400 kilograms.
The presented machine was developed as a bottom-up initiative of plants Avions Henri Potez and was intended as the successor to the Potez 15 observation and reconnaissance machine (or: Potez XV). The new machine retained many of the features of its predecessor, but differed primarily in two important respects: firstly, it received a much more powerful engine, and secondly - it was built in a 1.5-wing configuration. Finally, a successful machine was created, which for the 1920s was characterized by good performance, very good piloting properties and a solid structure. The machine turned out to be a great success of the Potez plants and was used in aviation, among others, in France, but also Belgium, Brazil, China, Greece and Poland.
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