Aero A.11

Infobox Aircraft
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name=Aero A.11


caption=
type=Light bomber Reconnaissance aircraft
manufacturer=Aero Vodochody
designer=
first flight=1925
introduced=1920s
retired=1940s
status=
primary user=Czech Air Force
more users=Finnish Air Force
produced=
number built=~250
unit cost=
variants with their own articles=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.

Variants

* A.11 : Two-seat light bomber, reconnaissance biplane.
* A.11HS : Export version for Finland.
* A.11N : Night bomber version.
* Ab.11 : Light bomber version.

pecifications (A.11)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

crew=2
length main=8.2 m
length alt=27 ft
span main=12.8 m
span alt=43 ft 0 in
height main=3.1 m
height alt=10 ft
area main=36.5 m²
area alt=393 ft²
empty weight main=1,080 kg
empty weight alt=2,380 lb
loaded weight main=1,537 kg
loaded weight alt=3,381 lb
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=

number of props=1
type of prop=
engine (prop)=Walter W IV
power main=180 kW
power alt=240 hp

max speed main=240 km/h
max speed alt=130 knots, 150 mph
range main=750 km
range alt=400 nm, 470 mi
ceiling main=7,600 m
ceiling alt=25,000 ft
climb rate main=3.82 m/s
climb rate alt=751 ft/min
loading main=42 kg/m²
loading alt=8.6 lb/ft²
power/mass main=120 W/kg
power/mass alt=0.071 hp/lb

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= 200 kg (441 lb)

Operators

* Czechoslovakia
* Finland

ee also

aircontent

related=
* Aero A.12
* Aero A.21
* Aero A.22
* Aero A.25
* Aero A.29

External links

* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/aero11.html Photo ] and [http://www.airwar.ru/other/draw/aero_a-11_cl.html drawings] at Ugolok Neba site.