page_title: Lublin R-VIII
section_title: Specifications (R-VIIIa, Lorraine-Dietrich 18Kd engine)
hierarchical_section_title: Lublin R-VIII / Specifications (R-VIIIa, Lorraine-Dietrich 18Kd engine)
caption_attribution_description: English: Lublin R-VIII 3-view drawing from Les Ailes May 24,1928
context_page_description: The Lublin R-VIII was a Polish bomber, reconnaissance aircraft and seaplane designed in the late 1920s by the Plage i Laśkiewicz factory in Lublin. It was the first in-house design of Plage i Laśkiewicz, and the first with the name Lublin.
context_section_description: General characteristics
  Crew: 2
  Length: 11.125 m (36 ft 6 in) R.VIIIbis 12.06 m (40 ft)
  Wingspan: 17 m (55 ft 9 in)
  Height: 4.5 m (14 ft 9 in)
  Wing area: 76.4 m² (822 sq ft)
  Empty weight: 2,457 kg (5,417 lb) R.VIIIbis 2,919 kg (6,435 lb)
  Gross weight: 4,300 kg (9,480 lb)
  Max takeoff weight: 5,000 kg (11,023 lb)
  Fuel capacity: 1,200 l (320 US gal; 260 imp gal) + optional auxiliary tanks
  Powerplant: 1 × Lorraine-Dietrich 18Kd W-18 water-cooled piston engine, 552 kW (740 hp)  for take-off
  484 kW (649 hp) rated power
  Propellers: 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) diameter fixed-pitch metal propeller
  Performance
  Maximum speed: 230 km/h (140 mph, 120 kn) at sea level R.VIIIbis
  220 km/h (140 mph) at sea level
  Cruise speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
  Stall speed: 85 km/h (53 mph, 46 kn)
  Range: 1,490–1,720 km (930–1,070 mi, 800–930 nmi) R.VIIIbis 800 km (500 mi; 430 nmi)
  Service ceiling: 5,700 m (18,700 ft) R.VIIIbis 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
  Rate of climb: 5.25 m/s (1,033 ft/min)
  Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 3 minutes 43 seconds
  Wing loading: 56.6 kg/m² (11.6 lb/sq ft)
  Power/mass: 0.069 kW/kg (0.042 hp/lb)
  Take-off run: 40–60 m (131–197 ft)
  Armament
  Guns: 1 × fixed front-firing 7.7 mm Vickers E machine gun and 2 × movable 7.7 mm Lewis machine guns
  Bombs: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb) bombs (300 kg (660 lb) in floatplane variant)
caption: Lublin R-VIII 3-view drawing from Les Ailes May 24, 1928
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