title: Farman F.211
text: # Farman F.211
  
  The Farman F.211 was a French four-seat day or night bomber designed and built by the Farman Aviation Works for the French Air Force.
  
  ## Development
  
  Designed as a day/night bomber the F.211 was similar but smaller than the F.220. The F.211 was a high-wing braced monoplane with engines mounted on stub-wings with each stub wing having a pair of Gnome-Rhône Titan 7Kcrs radial engines, one tractor and one pusher. The type did not enter production.
  
  ## Variants
  
  ### F.211
  
      Four-seat day or night bomber with four 300hp (224kW) Gnome-Rhône Titan 7Kcrs radial engines.
  
  ### F.212
  
      Improved design with more powerful 350hp (261kW) Gnome-Rhône 7Kds radial engines, an increased bomb load of 1400kg (3086lb) and other detail changes.
  
  ### F.215
  
      Proposed airliner version with two crew and 12 passengers, not built.
  
  ## Specifications (F.211)
  
  Data from Orbis
  
  General characteristics
  
  * Crew: 4
  * Length: 15.90 m (52 ft 2 in)
  * Wingspan: 23.00 m (75 ft 6 in)
  * Height: 4.22 m (13 ft 10 in)
  * Wing area: 109 $m^2$ (1,170 sq ft)
  * Empty weight: 5,050 kg (11,133 lb) equipped
  * Max takeoff weight: 7,400 kg (16,314 lb)
  * Powerplant: 4 × Gnome-Rhône Titan 7Kcrs 7-cylinder radial piston engine, 220 kW (300 hp) each
  
  Performance
  
  * Maximum speed: 220 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn)
  * Range: 1,000 km (620 mi, 540 nmi)
  * Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  
  Armament
  
  * Guns: 2 × twin 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun in nose and dorsal position and one single 7.7mm (0.303in) machine-gun in ventral position.
  * Bombs: up to 1050kg (2315lb)
  