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Halberstadt C.VIII

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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

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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

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Data from German and Austro-Hungarian aircraft manufacturers 1908-1918,[2] German Aircraft of the First World War[3]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.35 m (24 ft 1 in)
  • Wingspan: 11.985 m (39 ft 4 in)
  • Height: 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
  • Wing area: 33 m2 (360 sq ft)
  • 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 (110 mph, 97 kn)
  • Endurance: 3 hours 30 minutes
  • Service ceiling: 9,000 m (30,000 ft)
  • Time to altitude:
5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 21 minutes
9,000 m (30,000 ft) in 58 minutes

Armament

See also

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Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

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  1. ^ "Halberstadt C.VI(IX)".
  2. ^ Treadwell, Terry (April 2011). German and Austro-Hungarian aircraft manufacturers 1908-1918. Amberley Pub. ISBN 978-1445601021.
  3. ^ Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

Further reading

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  • Angelucci, Enzo (1983). The Rand McNally encyclopedia of military aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego: Military Press. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
  • Cowin, H.W. (2000). German and Austrian aviation of World War I : a pictorial chronicle of the airmen and aircraft that forged German airpower. Oxford: Osprey Pub. ISBN 1-84176-069-2.
  • Van Wyngarden, G. (2000). Early German aces of World War I. Oxford: Osprey Pub. ISBN 1-84176-997-5.