FBA Avion Canon

The FBA Avion Canon, also known as the FBA 1 Ca2, was a two-seat cannon-armed biplane fighter, designed and built in France from 1916 by Franco-British Aviation. Due to unsatisfactory performance, development of the Avion Canon was abandoned.

Design and development

During 1916, Louis Schreck, chief designer of Franco-British Aviation Company, developed a two-seat cannon armed fighter, by mounting the biplane wings from the FBA H flying boat on an aerodynamically clean wooden monocoque fuselage, with conventional tailskid undercarriage. Power was supplied by a Hispano-Suiza 8A V-8 water-cooled engine mounted as a pusher between the upper and lower mainplanes. After initial testing the engine was replaced with a Hispano-Suiza 8Aa. Performance was unsatisfactory and further development was cancelled.