В.Кондратьев Самолеты первой мировой войны
АЛЬБАТРОС C-VIII / ALBATROS C-VIII
Очередной модификацией "Альбатроса" стал ночной бомбардировщик C-VIII (другое обозначение - N-1). Для повышения бомбовой нагрузки и улучшения взлетно-посадочных характеристик на нем увеличили размах и площадь несущих поверхностей.
На самолет установили трехстоечную бипланную коробку с элеронами на обоих крыльях. C-VIII применялся на западном фронте с начала 1917 года.
ДВИГАТЕЛЬ
"Мерседес" D.III, 160 л.с. (C-VIII).
ВООРУЖЕНИЕ
Стрелковое: 1 х 7,92-мм синхронный пулемет "Шпандау" 08/15 и 1 х 7,92-мм турельный пулемет "Парабеллум"
Бомбовое: до 300 кг бомб.
O.Thetford, P.Gray German Aircraft of the First World War (Putnam)
Albatros C VIII N
Evolved in 1917 as a night bomber, as indicated by the N suffix. A small bomb load was carried under the lower wings, but as this relatively large, three-bay machine was only fitted with the 160 h.p. Mercedes D III engine, it was grossly under-powered. It is doubtful if more than one such machine was built. Span, 16.74 m. (54 ft. 11 1/8 in.). Length, 7.34 m. (24 ft. 1 in.). Speed, 135 km.hr. (84.35 m.p.h.). Climb, 1,000 m. (3,280 ft.) in 5 min. Armament, one Spandau and one Parabellum machine-gun.
J. Herris Nachtflugzeug! German N-types of WWI (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 3)
Albatros C.VIIIN
Albatros, the largest German airplane manufacturer, submitted the Albatros C.VIIIN for the N-type requirement. Well streamlined with great resemblence to other Albatros two-seaters, the C.VIIIN looked like a longer wing-span, 3-bay version of the Albatros C.XII. However, powered by a 160 hp Mercedes D.III engine instead of the 260 hp Mercedes D.IVa used in the C.XII, it was much too under-powered for operations, yet a more powerful engine was apparently not tested.