Comte AC-1
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| Type: | single seat fighter |
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| First flight: |
April 2, 1927 |
| Commissioning: |
1927 |
| Production time: |
1927 to 1927 |
| Number of pieces: |
1 prototype |
The Comte AC-1 was a single-seat fighter aircraft made by the Swiss manufacturer Alfred Comte in the 1920s.
Development history
The Swiss company Flugzeugbau Alfred Comte, which was founded in Horgen near Zurich, began aircraft construction in the early twenties with the license production of German designs. The company's first own attempt was the Comte AC-1, which was privately developed to meet a requirement of the Swiss air force for a single-seat fighter aircraft. The prototype, which flew for the first time on April 2, 1927, was a stripped high-wing aircraft with a rigid tail-tail landing gear, similar in design to the French Dewoitine D.9. The basic construction was made of metal, the wings and the tail surfaces were covered with fabric, but the fuselage had a light aluminum skin. A Gnome-Rhône radial engine served as the engine.
The testing and evaluation by the air force led to the fact that the prototype was bought for the military, but no further series machines were ordered. The wing designed by Comte was then replaced by that of the Dewoitine D.9 and this combination was used to set a Swiss altitude record on November 19, 1928.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 1 |
| length | 7.30 m |
| span | 12.24 m |
| height | 3.00 m |
| Wing area | 25.00 m² |
| payload | 503 kg |
| Empty mass | 837 kg |
| Max. Takeoff mass | 1'340 kg |
| Top speed | 250 km / h |
| Service ceiling | 9,000 m |
| Range | 450 km |
| Engines | Bristol Jupiter 9Abx Mk IV with 420 hp |
| Armament | (provided) 2 forward-firing machine guns |