It had an unstepped planing bottom and was divided into several watertight compartments to keep the aircraft afloat even with fuselage damage.

The pilot's open cockpit was under a wing trailing edge cut-out and was provided with a small, streamlined head-rest.

[1] Its tail unit was conventional, with a broad chord, clipped triangular tailplane mounted on top of the fuselage and fitted with separate, round edged, balanced elevators.

[1] The exact date of the Type VIII's first flight is not known but it was evaluated in military trials late in 1926 at Saint-Raphaël as the Vil 8amC1.

The military preferred its competitor, the Lévy-Biche LB 2amC1, and development of the Type VIII ended.