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{| |} The Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII was a bomber aircraft designed and built in Germany from 1916. Having cut their teeth with the Steffen R series, Siemens-Schuckert planned to produce a six engined Riesenflugzeug for the Military Air Service. In common with many of the other contemporary R projects the R.VIII had all six engines inside the fuselage, where they were tended by mechanics, driving two tractor and two pusher propellers, mounted between the mainplanes, via leather cone clutches combining gearboxes, shafts and bevel gearboxes. Two aircraft were built but only the first, R23/16, was completed. Ground trials commenced in 1919, after the armistice, but were interrupted by a gearbox failure which resulted in a propeller breaking up and causing extensive damage. The second airframe,

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  • Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII
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  • {| |} The Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII was a bomber aircraft designed and built in Germany from 1916. Having cut their teeth with the Steffen R series, Siemens-Schuckert planned to produce a six engined Riesenflugzeug for the Military Air Service. In common with many of the other contemporary R projects the R.VIII had all six engines inside the fuselage, where they were tended by mechanics, driving two tractor and two pusher propellers, mounted between the mainplanes, via leather cone clutches combining gearboxes, shafts and bevel gearboxes. Two aircraft were built but only the first, R23/16, was completed. Ground trials commenced in 1919, after the armistice, but were interrupted by a gearbox failure which resulted in a propeller breaking up and causing extensive damage. The second airframe,
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prop blade number
  • tractor 900 rpm - 2 bladed , pusher 700 rpm - 4
range km
  • 900(xsd:integer)
eng1 type
  • 6(xsd:integer)
more performance
  • *Cost - 750,000 Marks
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max speed note
height m
  • 7(xsd:double)
span m
  • 48(xsd:integer)
wing loading kg/m
  • 35(xsd:integer)
Manufacturer
  • Siemens-Schuckert
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  • 125(xsd:integer)
empty weight lb
  • 23100(xsd:integer)
ceiling m
  • 4000(xsd:integer)
length m
  • 21(xsd:double)
National Origin
  • Germany
range note
gross weight lb
  • 34980(xsd:integer)
wing area sqm
  • 440(xsd:integer)
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  • met
Crew
  • 6(xsd:integer)
Number Built
  • 2(xsd:integer)
eng1 name
eng1 hp
  • 300(xsd:integer)
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  • The German Giants German aircraft of the First World War
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  • 6(xsd:integer)
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  • {| |} The Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII was a bomber aircraft designed and built in Germany from 1916. Having cut their teeth with the Steffen R series, Siemens-Schuckert planned to produce a six engined Riesenflugzeug for the Military Air Service. In common with many of the other contemporary R projects the R.VIII had all six engines inside the fuselage, where they were tended by mechanics, driving two tractor and two pusher propellers, mounted between the mainplanes, via leather cone clutches combining gearboxes, shafts and bevel gearboxes. Two aircraft were built but only the first, R23/16, was completed. Ground trials commenced in 1919, after the armistice, but were interrupted by a gearbox failure which resulted in a propeller breaking up and causing extensive damage. The second airframe, R24/16 was never completed and the first not repaired after the ground running accident due to the Versaille Treaty restrictions. At the time of its completion the Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII was the largest complete aeroplane in the world, (the Mannesman-Poll triplane was to have been much bigger but was not completed before the Versaille Treaty restrictions were applied).
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