Engineering:Fiat G.8

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G.8
Fiat G.8.jpg
Role Utility aircraft
Manufacturer Fiat
Designer Giuseppe Gabrielli
First flight 24 February 1934
Retired 1950[1]
Primary user Regia Aeronautica
Number built 61

The Fiat G.8 was a military utility aircraft produced in Italy in the mid-1930s. Its design and production were undertaken at the CMASA works in Pisa which became part of Fiat in 1930, hence the type is sometimes referred to as the CMASA G.8 or Fiat-CMASA G.8. It was a conventional biplane design with staggered wings of unequal span braced by struts arranged in a Warren truss. The pilot and a single passenger (or instructor) sat in tandem open cockpits, and the aircraft was fitted with fixed tailskid undercarriage with divided main units.

Sixty of these aircraft were purchased by the Regia Aeronautica and used for liaison and training duties.

Operators

 Kingdom of Italy
 Italian Social Republic
  • Aeronautica Nazionale Repubblicana
 Italy
 Spain

Specifications

Fiat G.8 with man.jpg

General characteristics

  • Crew: one, pilot
  • Capacity: one passenger
  • Length: 7.00 m (23 ft 0 in)
  • Wingspan: 8.76 m (28 ft 9 in)
  • Height: 2.50 m (8 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 18.9 m2 (203 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 560 kg (1,230 lb)
  • Gross weight: 840 kg (1,850 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Fiat A.54 , 99 kW (135 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 212 km/h (132 mph, 115 kn)
  • Range: 925 km (575 mi, 500 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 5,200 m (17,100 ft)

Notes

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