Based on the VE-7, but with a 300 hp Hispano-Suiza Model H engine, reduced overall dimensions, increased wing area, a shorter, faired cabane and paired 0.3-in (7,62-mm) synchronised Vickers guns, the VE-8 single-seat fighter was completed in July 1919. Four were ordered by the US Army, but, in the event, only two were completed and one of these was assigned to static tests. The VE-8 was flight tested at McCook Field in 1920, but the results were highly unfavourable. The aircraft proved overweight, with heavy controls, inadequate stability and sluggish performance.
Statistics for this Xoptio
Most powerful of its generation 50
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Outstanding Firepower 50
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% Lacking Firepower
Cool looking 50
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% Esthetically lame
Like it 50
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