Aero A.12

Infobox Aircraft
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name=Aero A.12


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type=Light bomber Reconnaissance aircraft
manufacturer=Aero Vodochody
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first flight=
introduced=
retired=
status=Retired
primary user=Czechoslovakia
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produced=early 1920s
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variants with their own articles=The Aero A.12 was a Czechoslovakian biplane light bomber and military reconnaissance aircraft manufactured in small numbers shortly after World War I. Although reminiscent of the Hansa-Brandenburg-designed aircraft that Aero was building during the war under licence as the Ae.10, the A.12 was the company's own design. It is perhaps most significant as the direct ancestor of the highly successful A.11 and its various derivatives. An example of the type is preserved at the Letecke Muzeum in Kbely.

pecifications (A.12)

aircraft specifications

crew=2
length main=8.30 m
length alt=27 ft 3 in
span main=12.80 m
span alt=43 ft 0 in
height main=3.10 m
height alt=10 ft 2 in
area main=36.5 m²
area alt=393 ft²
empty weight main=1,080 kg
empty weight alt=2,380 lb
loaded weight main=1,537 kg
loaded weight alt=3,381 lb
max takeoff weight main=
max takeoff weight alt=

number of props=1
type of prop=Maybach Mb IV
power main=180 kW
power alt=240 hp

max speed main=201 km/h
max speed alt=109 knots, 126 mph
range main=760 km
range alt=410 nm, 475 mi
ceiling main=7,500 m
ceiling alt=25,000 ft
climb rate main=3.47 m/s
climb rate alt=683 ft/min
loading main=42 kg/m²
loading alt=8.6 lb/ft²
power/mass main=120 W/kg
power/mass alt=0.07 hp/lb

guns=
** 1× forward-firing .303 in (7.70 mm) Vickers machine gun
** 2× .303 in Lewis machine gun in flexible mount for observer
bombs=

Operators

* Czechoslovakia.

ee also

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related=
* Aero A.11

lists=
* List of bomber aircraft
* List of military reconnaissance aircraft