Aero A.26
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Aero A.26 was a Czechoslovakian military reconnaissance biplane aircraft built in the 1920s. It was Aero's last design to be based on the Hansa-Brandenburg B.I aircraft that the company had been building under licence during World War I as the Ae.10.
It first flew in 1923 and a small series was built. They were later used in the Czechoslovak civilian aviation.
Contents |
[edit] Specifications (A.26)
Data from {name of first source}
General characteristics
- Crew: two, pilot and observer
- Length: 8.30 m (27 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 12.30 m (40 ft 4 in)
- Height: ()
- Wing area: 38.5 m² (414 ft²)
- Empty weight: 882 kg (1,940 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,196 kg (2,631 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× BMW IIIa 6-cylinder, water-cooled inline engine, 138 kW (185 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 158 km/h (knots, 99 mph)
- Cruise speed: 120 km/h
- Service ceiling 6,000 m (19,680 ft)
- Rate of climb: 135 m/min (443 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 31 kg/m² (6.3 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 120 W/kg (0.07 hp/lb)
Armament
- 1 × Machine-gun
- Light bombs
[edit] Operators
[edit] References
[edit] External links
[edit] See also
Related development
|
|||||
|
||||||||||||||
