Halberstadt C.VIII

From Infogalactic: the planetary knowledge core
Jump to: navigation, search
Halberstadt C.VIII
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Halberstadt
First flight 2 October 1918
Status prototype only
Primary user Luftstreitkräfte
Number built 1

The Halberstadt C.VIII was a prototype two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Halberstadt during World War I.

Design and development

The C.VIII was a single-bay biplane of wooden construction with shortened wings, an elongated fuselage and a Maybach Mb.IV engine. Test flights were successful and the C.VIII was recommended for mass production, but the end of World War I meant that the C.VIII remained at the prototype stage.[1]

Specifications

Data from [2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.9 m (39 ft 1 in)
  • Height: 2.9 m (9 ft 6 in)
  • Empty weight: 928 kg (2,046 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,363 kg (3,005 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IV 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 183 kW (245 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn)
  • Service ceiling: 9,000 m (29,528 ft)
  • Time to altitude: 8,997 m (29,518 ft) in 58 minutes

Armament

See also

Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
Related lists

References

  1. http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/halbc8.html
  2. Treadwell, Terry, 2010. German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908-1918. Stroud: Amberley Publishing.

Further reading

  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  • Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.