Engineering:ANBO VIII

Short description: Aircraft

ANBO VIII
Role	Bomber-reconnaissance monoplane
National origin	Lithuania
Manufacturer	Karo Aviacijos Tiekimo Skyrius
Designer	Antanas Gustaitis
First flight	5 September 1939
Number built	1

External video

Colour footage of the ANBO VIII and Antanas Gustaitis

The ANBO VIII was a Lithuanian bomber-reconnaissance monoplane designed by Antanas Gustaitis and built by Karo Aviacijos Tiekimo Skyrius.

Design and development

The ANBO VIII was a low-wing monoplane with a tailwheel landing gear, an enclosed two-seat tandem cockpit and powered by a 930 hp (694 kW) Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial engine. The prototype and only ANBO VIII was first flown on 5 September 1939 and was still under testing when the country was annexed by the Soviet Union. The prototype was removed by the Soviet authorities for testing.

Operators

• Lithuania

Specifications

Data from Lithuanian Aviation Museum

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 9.5 m (31 ft 2 in)
• Wingspan: 13.5 m (44 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 30 m² (320 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 2,300 kg (5,071 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 3,700 kg (8,157 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Bristol Pegasus XVIII radial piston engine, 690 kW (930 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 411 km/h (255 mph, 222 kn) at 5,000 m (16,000 ft) altitude
• Minimum control speed: 113 km/h (70 mph, 61 kn)
• Service ceiling: 9,000 m (30,000 ft)
• Time to altitude: 2 minutes to 1,000 m (3,300 ft), 15 minutes to 5,000 m (16,000 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 4 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) fixed forward-firing M1919 Browning machine guns with 500 rpg

• 1 × 7.7 mm (0.303 in) manually aimed M1919 Browning machine gun in the rear cockpit with 5 x 100 round boxes

• Bombs: up to 600 kg (1,300 lb) on a fuselage bomb rack and/or 400 kg (880 lb) under the wings.

External links

• Virgin flight of Anbo VIII