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Curtiss A-8 - airplanes
Curtiss A-8
The A-8 was a low-wing monoplane ground-attack aircraft built by the United States company Curtiss designed in response to a 1929 United States Army Air Corps requirement for an attack aircraft to replace the A-3 Falcon. The Model 59 Shrike was designated XA-8 (the Shrike nickname was not officially adopted).
Made by Curtis.
Curtiss A-8 is the predecessor of the Curtiss A-12 Shrike.Curtiss YA-10 Shrike.
However, the Curtiss A-8 won the competition, and A-7 development was
not continued.
The XA-7 was a two-seat low-wing all-metal monoplane design.3
in-line engined Curtiss A-8 Shrike building a pair of 1/72 scale
Curtiss Shrikes from three cottage industry kits; Combat Colours -
Part 2 French Spitfires from the UK (1 page of colour profiles);
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Height Main
274.32
Height Alt
2.74 m
Length Alt
9.76 m
Jet Or Prop
prop
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*List of military aircraft of the United States
Range Main
480 mi
Loaded Weight Main
5888.0
Designer
Don Berlin
Successor
Curtiss A-12 Shrike
Curtiss YA-10 Shrike
Max Speed Main
183 mph
Introduced
April 1932
Bombs
Up to 4 × 100 lb bombs carried under the wings or up to 10 × 30 lb fragmentation bombs in fuselage chutes either side of the main fuel tank
Cruise Speed Main
153 mph
Ceiling Main
18100.0
Type Of Prop
Vee
Crew
Two
Loaded Weight Alt
2676.0
Cruise Speed Alt
133
Area Main
256.0
Primary user
Span Alt
13.41 m
Plane Or Copter?
Power Alt
447.0
Engine(prop)
Curtiss V-1570-31 Conqueror
Manufacturer
Number Of Props
1
First Flight
June 1931
Production End Year
0013
Climb Rate Main
1325.0
Power Main
600 hp
Production Start Year
0013
Guns
** 4 × forward-firing 0.3 in M1919 Browning machine guns were mounted in the wheel fairings** 1 × 0.3 in machine gun mounted in the observer's cockpit for rear defense
Climb Rate Alt
6.7 m-s
Variants With Their Own Articles
Curtiss A-12 Shrike
Curtiss YA-10 Shrike
Length Main
975.36
Span Main
1341.1200000000001
Area Alt
23.78 m²
Range Alt
417
Similar Aircraft
*Fokker XA-7
Max Speed Alt
159
Related
*YA-10 Shrike*A-12 Shrike
Empty Weight Main
3910.0
Ceiling Alt
5
500 m
Produced
13
Empty Weight Alt
1777.0
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