Aero A.100

Infobox Aircraft
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name=Aero A.100


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type=Light bomber Reconnaissance aircraft
national origin = Czechoslovakia
manufacturer=Aero Vodochody
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first flight=1933
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retired=late 1940s
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primary user=Czech Air Force
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produced=1930s
number built=44
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The Aero A.100 was a biplane light bomber and reconnaissance aircraft built in Czechoslovakia during the 1930s. It was the final step in a design lineage that extended back to the Aero A.11 a decade earlier. A.100s remained in service throughout World War II and for a few years post-war. A number were also supplied to Nationalist Spanish forces during the Spanish Civil War.

Development

Development of the A.100 was in response to a Czech Air Force requirement of 1932 for a uniform replacement for the A.11s, Aero Ap.32s, and Letov Š.16s then in service. Work began with a revision of the Aero A.430 that quickly became quite a different aircraft. Of standard biplane configuration, the A.100 was a somewhat ungainly-looking aircraft and somewhat obsolescent by the time of its first flight in 1933, a member of the final generation of biplane military aircraft to be designed in Europe. Nevertheless, since the only other competitor for the air force contract, the Praga E.36 had not flown by the close of tenders, the A.100 was ordered for production. A total of 44 were built, in two batches.cite book |last= Sharpe |first= Michael |title=Biplanes, Triplanes, an Seaplanes |year=2000 |publisher=Friedman/Fairfax Books |location=London |pages= 17|isbn=1-58663-300-7]

pecifications (A.100)

aircraft specifications

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crew=2
length main=11.08 m
length alt=36 ft 4 in
span main=14.70 m
span alt=48 ft 3 in
height main=3.60 m
height alt=11 ft 10 in
area main=44.3 m²
area alt=476 ft²
empty weight main=2,040 kg
empty weight alt=4,490 lb
loaded weight main=3,220 kg
loaded weight alt=7,080 lb
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number of props=1
type of prop=Avia-built Hispano-Suiza Vr-36
power main=552 kW
power alt=740 hp

max speed main=270 km/h
max speed alt=150 knots, 170 mph
range main=900 km
range alt=490 nm, 560 mi
ceiling main=6,500 m
ceiling alt=21,000 ft
climb rate main=4.2 m/s
climb rate alt=820 ft/min
loading main=73 kg/m²
loading alt=9.4 lb/ft²
power/mass main=170 W/kg
power/mass alt=0.10 hp/lb

guns=
** 2× forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) wz.29 machine guns
** 2× 7.92 mm wz.30 machine guns in ring mount for observer
bombs=600 kg (1,300 lb)

Operators

* Czechoslovakia
* Spain

ee also

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* Aero A.430
* Aero A.101

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* List of bomber aircraft
* List of military reconnaissance aircraft

References