Curtiss A-8

Airplanes

Length

9.7536 m

Flat Wing Span

13.4112 m

Height

2.7432 m

Flat Wing Area

23.7832 m²

Cruise Speed

246.2296 km/h

Max Speed

294.51 km/h

Max Ceiling

5516.88 m

Number of Engines

First Flight

1931-06-01

Entry Into service

1932-04-01

Maximum Range

772.4851 km

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Aircraft	Maximum Range (km)
Curtiss A-8	772.4851

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Name: Curtiss A-8
Manufacturer: Military designations USAAS/USAAF/USAF
Description: The Curtiss A-8 was a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft built by the United States company Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company, designed in response to a 1929 United States Army Air Corps requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-3 Falcon.
First Flight: 1931-06-01
Entry Into service: 1932-04-01
Designer: Don Berlin
Type: Attack aircraft
Length (m): 9.7536
Height (m): 2.7432
Cockpit Crew: 2
Max Speed (km/h): 294.51
Cruise Speed (km/h): 246.2296
Max Ceiling (m): 5516.88
Rate of Climb (m/s): 6.731
Armament: :* 4 × forward-firing 0.30 in M1919 Browning machine guns mounted in the wheel fairings :* 1 × 0.30 in machine gun mounted in the observer's cockpit for rear defense; Up to 4 × 122 lb bombs carried under the wings or up to 10 × 30 lb fragmentation bombs in fuselage chutes either side of the main fuel tank
Powerplant Description: 1 × Curtiss V-1570-31 Conqueror V-12 liquid-cooled piston engine, 447 kW (600 hp) each
Primary Users: United States Army Air Corps
Wikipedia Article (URL): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_A-8
Flat Wing Span (m): 13.4112
Flat Wing Area (m²): 23.7832
Number of Engines: 1