- Design & development
- Specifications
- References
- Further reading
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The Breda A.8 was a prototype twin-engined biplane, designed by Società Italiana Ernesto Breda, as a night bomber in 1927. Design & developmentThe A.8, designed as an improvement to the Breda A.3, was modified to rectify problems experienced with the A.3. When the aircraft was tested using two {{convert|440|hp|abbr=on|disp=flip}} Lorraine-Dietrich 12Db engines, the results were quite modest. In response, the designers changed to {{convert|500|hp|abbr=on|disp=flip}} Isotta Fraschini Asso 500 engines, but the performance was still disappointing and the design was abandoned. Specifications{{Aircraft specs
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|empty weight kg=3800
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|eng1 type=V-12 water-cooled piston engines
|eng1 hp=440
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|guns= 3x {{cvt|7.7|mm}} Lewis machine-guns in nose, dorsal and ventral positions
|bombs={{cvt|800|kg}} of bombs
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References1. ^{{cite book |title=Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 |editor1-last=Grey |editor1-first=C.G. |year=1928 |publisher=Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd |location=London |page=157c}}
Further reading- {{cite book|last=da Badia Polesine|first=Jotti|title=Annuario dell'Aeronautica Italiana 1929-1930|publisher=Libreria Aeronautica|location=Milan|year=1930|language=Italian}}
- {{cite book|last=Robinson|first=Anthony|title=The illustrated encyclopedia of aviation, Volume 4|year=1979|publisher=Cavendish|isbn=978-0-85685-577-1|page=405}}
- {{cite book|title=All the world's aircraft|year=1927|publisher=S. Low, Marston & company, ltd.}}
{{Breda aircraft}} 4 : Italian bomber aircraft 1920–1929|Breda aircraft|Biplanes|Aircraft first flown in 1927 |