 Most French-built Type H aircraft had water-cooled V-8 Hispano-Suiza 8A variants with powers of , though a minority had Lorraine 8Ns.Some Italian built Type Hs also used the higher-power Hispano motor but more had Isotta Fraschini V.4B or engines of the same make, both six-cylinder inlines.The aircraft was a two bay biplane with the smaller span lower wing positioned just above the central fuselage on four supporting struts.