Agusta AZ.8L
| AZ-8L | |
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| The sole prototype of the AZ-8L | |
| Role | Airliner |
| Manufacturer | Agusta |
| Designer | Filippo Zappata |
| First flight | 9 June 1958 |
| Retired | 1963 |
| Number built | 1 |
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The Agusta AZ.8L, or Agusta-Zappata AZ.8L, was an Italian airliner prototype first flown on 9 June 1958. It was of conventional low-wing monoplane configuration with tricycle undercarriage and all-metal construction. Filippo Zappata's design grew out of a twin-engined transport designated AZ.1 that was never built.
When the AZ.8L failed to attract customers, Agusta abandoned the project to focus on its helicopter manufacturing operations, in particular a new Zappata design, the A.101.
Operators
Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: two pilots
- Capacity: 26 passengers
- Length: 19.44 m (63 ft 9 in)
- Wingspan: 25.5 m (83 ft 8 in)
- Height: 6.66 m (21 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 66.8 m2 (719 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 7,100 kg (15,653 lb)
- Gross weight: 11,300 kg (24,912 lb)
- Powerplant: 4 × Alvis Leonides 503/2 9 cyl. air-cooled radial piston engines, 400 kW (540 hp) each
- Propellers: 3-bladed variable-pitch
Performance
- Maximum speed: 427 km/h (265 mph; 231 kn)
- Range: 2,500 km (1,553 mi; 1,350 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 7,500 m (24,606 ft)
- Rate of climb: 5 m/s (980 ft/min)
See also
- Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
References
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- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 40.
- Simpson, R. W. (1998). Airlife's Helicopters and Rotorcraft. Ramsbury: Airlife Publishing. p. 31.
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