SET 7


The SET 7 was a military trainer & reconnaissance aircraft that was produced in Romania in the mid-1930s. It was originally designed as a conventional single-bay biplane, with slightly staggered wings, a standard undercarriage with fixed tailskid, and a tandem open-cockpit arrangement for the pilot and instructor or observer. Power was supplied by an Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar radial engine, and, from the outset, the aircraft was equipped for wireless & photographic reconnaissance duties.
An armed version followed in 1934, adding a trainable machine gun for the observer and a fixed machine gun for the pilot. This version, the 7K, was powered by a neatly cowled Gnome-Rhône 7Ksd engine, and the 7KB & 7KD were specialised subtypes that followed it. A floatplane version was produced as the 7H.

Variants

  • SET 7 - initial unarmed trainer version with Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar engine
  • SET 7K - armed reconnaissance version with Gnome-Rhône 7Ksd/7Ksf engine
  • *SET 7KB - 7K fitted with IAR-built Barbieri-type bomb racks
  • *SET 7KD - 7K stripped of most equipment and used for liaison duties
  • SET 7H - floatplane for Romanian Navy

    Operators

  • Royal Romanian Air Force
  • Royal Romanian Navy
  • Transnistrian air section

    Specifications (7K)