Aero A.30

The Aero A.30 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia in the late 1920s. It originated as an attempt to improve the performance of the Aero A.11, but soon evolved into quite a different aircraft, larger and more powerful than its predecessor. The aircraft is readily distinguished from other related types by the difference in spans between its wings - the upper set being of much greater span than the lower.

Prototypes of the A.30 were retrospectively designated A.130, with the A.230 the main production version. The A.330 and A.430 featured different, more powerful engines, but the latter of these did not enter production, serving instead as the prototype for the Aero A.100.

Operators

* Czechoslovakia

pecifications (A.230)

aircraft specifications
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jet or prop?=prop
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crew=two, pilot and observer
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payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 10.00 m
length alt= 32 ft 10 in
span main= 15.30 m
span alt= 50 ft 2 in
height main=
height alt=
area main= 46.2 m²
area alt= 497 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 1,420 kg
empty weight alt= 3,124 lb
loaded weight main= 2,375 kg
loaded weight alt= 5,225 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=
more general=
engine (prop)= Lorraine-Dietrich
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main= 336 kW
power alt= 450 hp
power original=
max speed main=198 km/h
max speed alt= 124 mph
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main=
range alt=
ceiling main= 5,800 m
ceiling alt= 19,024 ft
climb rate main= 185 m/min
climb rate alt= 607 ft/min
loading main= 51 kg/m²
loading alt=10.5 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= 14 W/kg
power/mass alt=0.09 hp/lb
more performance=
armament=
* 1 × forward firing .303 in (7.7 mm) Vickers machine gun
* 2 × .303 (7.7 mm) Lewis machine gun in flexible mount for observer
* Up to 500 kg (1,100 lb) of bombs
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ee also

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related=
A.11 -
A.100
similar aircraft=

lists=
List of military aircraft of Germany -
List of World War II military aircraft of Germany

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