Breda A.8
A.8 | |
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Role | Night bomber |
National origin | Italy |
Manufacturer | Società Italiana Ernesto Breda |
First flight | 1927 |
Number built | 1 |
Developed from | Breda A.3 |
The Breda A.8 was a prototype twin-engined biplane, designed by Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, as a night bomber in 1927.
Design & development
The A.8, designed as an improvement to the Breda A.3, was modified to rectify problems experienced with the A.3. When the aircraft was tested using two 330 kW (440 hp) Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db engines, the results were quite modest. In response, the designers changed to 370 kW (500 hp) Isotta Fraschini Asso 500 engines, but the performance was still disappointing and the design was abandoned.
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: four
- Capacity: 1800kg
- Length: 16.7 m (54 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 23 m (75 ft 6 in)
- Wing area: 143 m2 (1,540 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 3,800 kg (8,378 lb)
- Gross weight: 5,600 kg (12,346 lb)
- Powerplant: 2 × Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db , 330 kW (440 hp) each
Performance
- Maximum speed: 175 km/h (109 mph; 94 kn)
- Endurance: 6h
- Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,483 ft)
- Wing loading: 39 kg/m2 (8.0 lb/sq ft)
Armament
- Bombs: 800kg
References
- da Badia Polesine, Jotti (1930). Annuario dell'Aeronautica Italiana 1929-1930 (in Italian). Milan: Libreria Aeronautica.
- Robinson, Anthony (1979). The illustrated encyclopedia of aviation, Volume 4. Cavendish. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-85685-577-1.
- All the world's aircraft. S. Low, Marston & company, ltd. 1927.
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