Albatros C.VIII N

C.VIII N
Role	Night bomber aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
First flight	1917
Number built	1

The Albatros C.VIII N was a German large, single engine biplane bomber, intended for night time operations, It was seriously underpowered and could only carry a small bomb load.

Design and development

The C.III N was a large but underpowered three bay night bomber, as denoted by the N, its engine only just powerful enough to meet the Idflieg two seat C-class minimum requirement. It had straight edged, constant chord wings of about equal span and with parallel pairs of interplane struts. There were ailerons on both upper and lower planes.^[1]

A 119 kW (160 hp) inline Mercedes D.III mounted in the nose with its upper cylinders exposed drove a two blade propeller, with two tandem, open cockpits aft. The externally braced tailplane was at mid-fuselage height; the fin, broad and almost quadrant-edged, carried a balanced rudder which ended above the elevators. The C.VIII N landed on a fixed conventional undercarriage with a pair of mainwheels on a rigid axle and a tailskid.^[1]

The C.VIII N first flew in 1917 and it seems likely only one was built.^[1]

Specifications

Data from German aircraft of the first World War p.257^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 7.34 m (24 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 16.34 m (53 ft 7 in)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder water cooled inline, 120 kW (160 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

Maximum speed: 135 km/h (84 mph; 73 kn)
Time to altitude: 5 min to 1,000 m (3,280 ft)

Armament

Guns: 1×Spandau machine gun and 1×Parabellum machine gun
Bombs: light load under wing

References

1 2 3 4 Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam. p. 257. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.

Aircraft designed and built by Albatros Flugzeugwerke

Early aircraft

Military
designations

Dr.I
Dr.II

J.I
J.II
J.III

Company
designations

Landflugzeug (Landplanes)	L.1 L.2 L.3 L.4 L.5 L.6 L.7 L.8 L.9 L.10 L.11 L.12 L.13 L.14 L.15 L.16 L.17 L.18 L.19 L.20 L.21 L.22 L.23 L.24 L.25 L.26 L.27 L.28 L.29 L.30 L.31 L.32 L.33 L.34 L.35 L.36 L.37 L.38 L.39 L.40 L.41 L.42 L.43 L.44 L.45 L.46 L.47 L.48 (project) L.49 L.50 (project) L.51 L.52 L.53 L.54 L.55 L.56 L.57 L.58 L.59 L.60 L.65 L.66 L.67 L.68 L.69 L.70 L.71 L.72 L.73 L.74 L.75 L.76 L.77 L.78 L.79 L.80 L.81 L.82 L.83 L.84 L.100 L.101 L.102 L.103

Wasserflugzeug (Waterplanes)	W.1 W.2 W.3 W.4 W.5 W.8

Höhenflugzeug (High Altitude)	H.1

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