Farman F.400

The Farman F 400 was a 1930s French three-seat cabin high-winged monoplane which was designed and built by Farman.

Design and development The Farman series "400" was a revolution for its builder because it had a thin, cantilever-constructed, high wing, with round edges, which could be dismounted for better storage and transportation.

The aeroplane had mixed construction. The fuselage was made of steel tubes, while the wings had a wood frame. The fuselage and the wings are both covered with plywood.

This version, the Farman F 402, had a Lorraine 5 Pb 5-cylinder radial engine of , but the plane in the picture had it changed for a 9-cylinder radial engine Salmson of .

The F 402 has an unusual feature, which is that the control stick hangs from the ceiling of the cockpit, and the rudder control is a vertical steering wheel.

The fuel tanks, which are placed inside the wings, have a capacity of 200 liters.

The landing gear structure is constructed of iron bars, which allows this plane to land "hardly" in short space.

This aircraft served, among other countries, in Spain, during the 1936-1939 civil war, on both sides.

Variants

F.400 Three-seat cabin monoplane. F.402 Powered by a 120hp (89-kW) Lorraine 5Pb radial piston engine. F.403 Powered by a 150hp (112-kW) Farman 7Ed engine. F.404 Similar to the F.403, powered by a 140hp (89kW) Renault 4Pei engine. F.405 Powered by a 110hp (82kW) Lorraine 5Pb radial piston engine. F.406 Powered by a 125hp (93kW) de Havilland Gipsy Major piston engine.

Operators

French Air Force

Spanish Republican Air Force

Surviving aircraft One aircraft of the Spanish Republican Air Force survives and is on display at the Spanish Museo del Aire (Madrid). This plane was used in Zaragoza during the Spanish Civil War as a transport, communication and ambulance aircraft.

Specifications (F 402)

Farman F.400

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