The Voisin VIII was a French two-seat pusher biplane of the First World War, built as a night bomber, the LAP or Bn.2, and as a version carrying a 37 mm Hotchkiss cannon, the LBP or Ca.2. Voisin designed it as an interim type while the next bomber generation was developed, enlarging the Voisin VII for a bigger engine, with a steel tube structure, drum brakes on the rear wheels, jettisonable fuel tanks and tall exhaust stacks above the top wing. Its Peugeot 8Aa V8 engine proved unreliable, so by 1917 the aircraft were moved from the front line night bomber groups and replaced by the Voisin X, which was nearly identical apart from a Renault engine. Roughly 1,100 were built, and the type also served with French naval aviation and was trialled by the Royal Naval Air Service.
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Engine Class Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) EnginePeugeot 8Aa V-8 water-cooled pusher piston engine 1 Voisin VIII
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was a French aircraft manufacturing company established in 1905 by Gabriel Voisin and his brother Charles
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The Voisin VIII is a French two-seat biplane pusher
Specifications, powerplant
Powerplant: 1 × Peugeot 8Aa V-8 water-cooled pusher piston engine, 160 kW (220 hp)
Specifications, empty weight
Empty weight: 1,310 kg (2,888 lb)
Specifications, take-off weight
Max takeoff weight: 1,860 kg (4,101 lb)
Specifications, performance
Maximum speed: 118 km/h (73 mph, 64 kn) @ 2,000 m (6,561.68 ft)
French service
before the unreliability of their engines resulted in them being gradually replaced by French-built Sopwith 1½ Strutters and the higher powered Voisin Xs, and withdrawn to secondary units, which continued to operate them until the end of the war
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French aircraft maker Voisin was asked to produce an interim type pending the development of the next generation of bombers.
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The Voisin VIII is a French two-seat biplane pusher
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was a French aircraft manufacturing company established in 1905 by Gabriel Voisin and his brother Charles
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was a French aircraft manufacturing company established in 1905 by Gabriel Voisin and his brother Charles
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was a French aircraft manufacturing company established in 1905 by Gabriel Voisin and his brother Charles
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The Peugeot 8Aa, or L112, is a water-cooled V8 aircraft engine that equipped the Voisin VIII bombers and escort fighters built during World War I.
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