The last fighter design of Andre Herbemont to bear the SPAD designation, and intended to participate in the 1934 fighter competition, the Bleriot SPAD 710 was a single-seat, single-bay biplane of all-metal construction with a duralumin monocoque fuselage and an 860hp Hispano- Suiza 12Ycrs 12-cylinder Vee liquid-cooled engine. It had a proposed armament of one engine-mounted 20mm cannon, four wing-mounted 7.5mm machine guns and one aft-firing 7.5mm gun in the rear fuselage.
The Bleriot SPAD 710 embodied inward-retracting main undercarriage members, a completely enclosed cockpit with aft-sliding canopy and a V-type or “butterfly” tail assembly. The initial flight took place in April 1937, and, on 8 June, 300km/h was exceeded in level flight with the undercarriage extended. A week later, on 15 June, tail flutter developed at an altitude of only 200m and the aircraft crashed, killing the pilot, Louis Massotte. Further development was then abandoned.
Wingspan: 8.84 m / 29 ft 0 in
Length: 6.50 m / 21 ft 4 in
Height: 3.20 m / 11 ft 6 in
Wing area: 22.0 sq.m / 236.81 sq ft
Max. speed: 470 km/h / 292 mph
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