Avia BH-8
{{Short description|Prototype Czechoslovak fighter aircraft}}
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|image=Avia BH-8-3.jpg
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|type=Fighter
|manufacturer=Avia
|designer=Pavel Beneš and Miroslav Hajn
|first_flight=1923
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|retired=
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|number_built=1
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The Avia BH-8 was a prototype fighter aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in 1923. It was an unequal-span biplane developed on the basis of the ill-fated BH-6 design, in an attempt to address that type's problems. It shared the BH-6's unusual wing cellule design.
When test-flown in late 1923, it did indeed display better flying characteristics than its predecessor, but was overtaken in development by another variation of the same design, the BH-17.
Specifications
{{Aircraft specs
|prime units? = met
|crew=one pilot
|length m=6.49
|length ft=21
|length in=3
|span m=9.48
|span ft=31
|span in=1
|height m=2.77
|height ft=9
|height in=1
|wing area sqm=22.1
|wing area sqft=238
|empty weight kg=843
|empty weight lb=1,858
|gross weight kg=1,143
|gross weight lb=2,520
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Skoda licence-built Hispano-Suiza 8Fb Vee-8
|eng1 kw=310
|eng1 hp=231
|max speed kmh=222
|max speed mph=138
|range km=450
|range miles=280
|ceiling m=8,000
|ceiling ft=26,200
|climb rate ms=5.7
|climb rate ftmin=1,115
|armament = *2 × fixed, forward-firing .303 Vickers machine guns
}}
See also
References
- {{cite book |last= Taylor |first= Michael J. H. |title=Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation |year=1989 |publisher=Studio Editions |location=London |pages=86 }}
- {{cite book |title=World Aircraft Information Files |publisher=Bright Star Publishing|location=London |pages=File 889 Sheet 86 }}
- Němeček, V. (1968). Československá letadla. Praha: Naše Vojsko.
- [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww1/bh8.html airwar.ru]
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