Halberstadt C.VIII

WWI German reconnaissance biplane

Halberstadt C.VIII

Role  | Reconnaissance aircraft

Type of 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

* Guns: 1x fixed forward firing synchronised 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun and 1x flexibly mounted Parabellum MG14 in the rear cockpit

## See also

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Related development

* Albatros B.II
* Albatros C.III

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

* Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
* LVG C.II
* Rumpler C.I

Related lists

* List of military aircraft of Germany

## 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.

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