Aero A.11
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| Aero A.11 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Light bomber Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Aero Vodochody |
| Designed by | Antonin Husnik |
| Maiden flight | 1925 |
| Retired | 1940s |
| Primary users | Czech Air Force Finnish Air Force |
| Number built | ~250 |
The Aero A.11 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia between the First and Second World Wars. It formed the basis for a large number of other Czechoslovakian military aircraft of the inter-war period. Around 250 were built, with some remaining in service at the outbreak of World War II.
Designed by Antonin Husnik, it was a development of the Aero A.12 (despite what the numbering of the designs might suggest). A Hispano-Suiza 8Fb-powered version, the A.11H-s was built for the Finnish Air Force, the only foreign operator of the type. The Finns had eight aircraft of this type and used them between 1927-39.
[edit] Specifications (A.11)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.2 m (27 ft)
- Wingspan: 12.8 m (43 ft 0 in)
- Height: 3.1 m (10 ft)
- Wing area: 36.5 m² (393 ft²)
- Empty weight: 1,080 kg (2,380 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,537 kg (3,381 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Walter W IV , 180 kW (240 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 240 km/h (130 knots, 150 mph)
- Range: 750 km (400 nm, 470 mi)
- Service ceiling: 7,600 m (25,000 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3.82 m/s (751 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 42 kg/m² (8.6 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 120 W/kg (0.071 hp/lb)
Armament
- Guns:
- 1× forward firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
- 2× .303 in (7.7 mm) Lewis machine gun in flexible mount for observer
- Bombs: kg ( lb)
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