Albatros C.IV
| Albatros C.IV | |
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| Albatros C.IV | |
| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Albatros |
| First flight | 1916 |
| Status | Prototype only |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Albatros C.III |
The Albatros C.IV, (Company post-war designation L.12). was a German military reconnaissance aircraft built in the autumn of 1915 by Albatros Flugzeugwerke.[1] It was a single-engined biplane, and was based on the Albatros C.III, with which it shared many parts. It was eventually abandoned, in favour of the C.V.
Design and development
[edit]The C.IV shared the same fuselage, landing gear, and tail section with the C.III, but Albatros changed the design of the wings and cockpit; the pilot was located in the rear cockpit.[2] When it was tested in 1916, the expected results of the changes did not occur, and the project was abandoned in favour of a more promising prototype, which became the Albatros C.V.[3]
The C.IV was armed with a forward-firing LMG 08/15 machine gun, and a rear-firing, Parabellum MG14 machine gun.
Specifications
[edit]General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
- Wingspan: 12.4 m (40 ft 8 in)
- Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 41.2 m2 (443 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 798 kg (1,759 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,240 kg (2,734 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III Inline piston engine, 118 kW (158 hp)160PS
Performance
- Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 kn)
- Cruise speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)
- Endurance: 4h
- Service ceiling: 3,200 m (10,500 ft)
Armament
- Guns: 1×7.92mm LMG 08/15 and 1×7.92mm Parabellum MG14
- Bombs: 90kg
Notes
[edit]- ^ Lamberton, William Melville (1962). Reconnaissance & bomber aircraft of the 1914-1918 war. Aero Publishers. p. 122.
- ^ Peter Laurence Gray; Owen Gordon Thetford (1962). German aircraft of the First World War. Putnam. p. 254.
- ^ "Albatros C.IV" (in Russian). Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved December 28, 2010.
References
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- Cowin, H.W. German and Austrian Aviation of World War I. Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2000 ISBN 1-84176-069-2
- Herris, Jack (2016). Albatros Aircraft of WWI: Volume 1: Early Two-Seaters: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 24. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-47-6.