In the early 1930s designer Antonín Novotný was given the task to construct a fighter plane for one of the most powerful of the engines - HS 12Nbr. This engine was license produced in Avia as Avia V-34, or VG-36 with reducer. B-34 had similar construction like Hawker Hurricane. Its metal parts were connected by screws and rivets. Therefore, the B-34 was easy repair and durable. But the tests have ended in disappointment. The B-34 was not much more powerful than the existing types. That is why Ministry of Defence ordered only 12 pices. They were built in 1933 and have been included in services in 1934 to 37. Fighter Squadron of 3. Air Regiment. They stayed here until 1937, then were transferred to training squadrons. After the occupation of Czechoslovakia the Slovak Air Force took over 3 machines and the rest of them the Luftwaffe.
General characteristicsCategory: fighter
Producer: Avia, akciová spole?nost pro pr?mysl letecký, ?akovice, Czechoslovakia
Production Period: 1931-1934
Number of Produced: 13
Maiden Flight: 2.2.1932
Crew: 1
Empty Weight: 1 305 kg (2 877 lb)
Take-off Weight: 1 812 kg (3 995 lb)
Wingspan: 9,40 m (30ft 10,07in)
Length: 7,25 m (23ft 9,43in)
Height: 2,92 m (9ft 6,95in)
Wing Area: 24,05 m
2 (258.87 ft sq)
Wing Loading: 75,34 kg/m
2 15.43 lb/ft sq
Type of Engine: Avia Vr-36, power 478 kW (641 hp)
Propeller: two-blade wooden
Maximum Speed: 315 km/h in 100 m (195.7 mph in 328 ft)
Cruise Speed: 280 km/h (174 mph)
Climb Rate: 12 m/s (2 362.2 ft/min)
Time to Climb to: 12 min to 5000 m (16 404 ft)
Service Ceiling: 6 500 m (21 325 ft)
Range: 700 km (435 mi)
Armament: 2x 7,92 mm vz.30 machine gun
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