Avia B-158 Czechoslovak Light Bomber

The Avia B.158 was a prototype Czechoslovak twin-engined light bomber aircraft of the 1930s. Only a single example was built and it was abandoned, following the German occupation of Czechoslovakia in March 1939.

General characteristics

• Crew: three
• Length: 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
• Height: 5.20 m (17 ft 1 in) ^[3]
• Wing area: 43.00 m² (462.8 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 4,300 kg (9,480 lb)
• Gross weight: 6,600 kg (14,551 lb)
• Max take-off weight: 7,260 kg (16,006 lb)
• Powerplant: 2 × Avia (Hispano-Suiza) 12Ydrs liquid-cooled V12 engine, 630 kW (850 hp) each

Performance

• Maximum speed: 435 km/h (270 mph, 235 kn)
• Cruise speed: 365 km/h (227 mph, 197 kn)
• Range: 1,100 km (680 mi, 590 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 8,500 m (27,900 ft)
• Rate of climb: 7.00 m/s (1,378 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns: 3×7.92 mm vz.30 (Česká zbrojovka Strakonice) machine guns in nose, dorsal and ventral positions
• Bombs: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)

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