D.VIII

Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Pfalz Flugzeugwerke GmbH
First flight	1918
Introduction	1918
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Produced	1918
Number built	40

The Pfalz D.VIII was a German World War I fighter aircraft.

Development

The D.VIII was approved for production arising from German initiatives in 1918 to develop superior fighter aircraft. Its power unit, the Siemens-Halske Sh.III rotary enabled the type to achieve a top speed of 120 miles per hour (190 km/h) at sea level. Armament was twin 7.92mm Spandau machine guns.

Production

Forty units were completed but as this was very near the end of the war, they were used mostly for evaluation purposes.

Specifications (D.VIII - (Sh III engine))

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 5.65 m (18 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 7.52 m (24 ft 8 in)
Height: 2.75 m (9 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 17.2 m² (185 sq ft)
Empty weight: 543 kg (1,197 lb)
Gross weight: 738 kg (1,627 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh.III 11-cylinder air-cooled geared rotary engine, 119 kW (160 hp)
Alternative engines (prototypes only):

Oberursel U.III 119 kW (160 hp)
Goebel Goe.III 104 kW (140 hp)

Propellers: 4-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn) ^[2]
Endurance: 1 hour 30 minutes
Time to altitude: 6,000 m (20,000 ft) in 25 minutes
Wing loading: 42.9 kg/m² (8.8 lb/sq ft)
Power/mass: 0.16 kW/kg (0.097 hp/lb)

Armament

Guns: 2 × 7.92 mm (0.31 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns

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Pfalz aircraft

Pfalz aircraft
Licensed designs and derivatives	A.I A.II C.I D.I D.II E.I E.II E.III E.IV E.V E.VI
Biplanes	D.4 D.III D.IV D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.XII D.XIV D.XV
Triplanes	Dr-Typ Dr.I Dr.II
Monoplanes	D.X

Idflieg D and DJ-class aircraft designations

D- class

AEG	D.I D.II D.III
Albatros	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII
Aviatik	(D.I skipped) D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII
Daimler	D.I D.II
DFW	D.I D.II
Euler	D.I D.II
Fokker	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII
Friedrichshafen	D.I D.II D.III
Halberstadt	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V
Junkers	D.I
Kondor	D.I
LFG/Roland	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV D.XVI D.XVII
LVG	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI
Märkische	D.I
Naglo	D.I D.II
Pfalz	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV
Rumpler	D.I
Schütte-Lanz	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII
Siemens-Schuckert	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI
Zeppelin-Lindau	D.I

DJ- class

AEG	DJ.I

Development

Production

Specifications (D.VIII - (Sh III engine))

See also

References

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