Albatros DV ( German: Albatros DV ) - a German single-seat fighter - one and a half - plane solid-wood construction. Designed by Robert Thelen as an improved version of the Albatros D.IV fighter . Used at the front and in flight schools.
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| Type of | fighter |
| Developer | Albatros flugzeugwerke |
| Manufacturer | Albatros flugzeugwerke |
| Chief Designer | Robert Telek |
| First flight | 1917 |
| Start of operation | April 1917 |
| End of operation | 1918 |
| Status | withdrawn from service |
| Operators |  Imperial Air Force of Germany |
| Units produced | 900 |
Further development Albatros DV was adopted in October 1917 fighter D.Va.
Albatros DV is a descendant of the very successful single scout Albatros D.III . Albatros DV retained the scheme of a half-plane (the lower wing has a smaller chord than the upper. This gave greater maneuverability, due to a decrease in the strength of the structure). In DV, the fuselage was oval in cross section (D III had flat sides), thus the attachment of the lower wing to the fuselage changed. The lower wings were not attached directly to the fuselage, but with the help of special bars that leveled the curvature of the fuselage at the attachment point. This mount was unsuccessful and subsequently became the Achilles heel of the machine. When the plane entered a steep dive, the loads forced the wing to bend (this is a feature of one and a half planes), deformations were transferred to the bars and they collapsed, which led to the crash and death of the pilots. No solution to this problem was found, and as a result, the pilots lost much to the enemy, who could escape by diving.
In addition, the flight characteristics of the DV almost did not differ from the flight characteristics of the D III, which he had to replace. Nevertheless, the German Air Force needed aircraft and until November 1918 continued to use an enhanced version of the DV - D.Va.
Content
Specifications
Albatros D.Va Data source: “Corner of the sky”
- Specifications
- Crew : 1 pilot
- Length : 7.33 m
- Wing span : 9.04 m
- Height : 2.98 m
- Wing Area: 21.2 m²
- Empty weight: 687 kg
- Maximum take-off weight : 937 kg
- Powerplant : 1 × liquid-cooled Mercedes D.IIIa
- Engine power: 1 × 180 l. with. (1 × 133 kW)
- Flight characteristics
- Maximum speed: 185 km / h
- Cruising speed : 157 km / h
- Flight Duration: 2 hours
- Practical ceiling : 6100 m
- Rate of climb : 255 m / min
- Armament
- Rifle-cannon: 2 × 7.92 mm synchronous machine gun LMG 08/15 "Spandau"
Color Options
Albatros DV Paul Boymea, from Jagdstaffel 5 .
Albatros DV of Jagdstaffel 15 in the spring of 1918, owned by Lieutenant Dingel.
Albatros D.Va, Hans von Hipel, from Jagdstaffel 5 .
Albatros D.Va, Ernst Udet, of Jasta 37.
Red Albatros DV from JG 1 , Manfeda von Richthofen.
Albatros D.Va of Jasta 79b, on which Lieutenant Hans Böning flew in the spring of 1918.1
Literature
- de Agostini. World Aviation. Albatros L.24 (DV and D.Va)
- Vyacheslav Kondratiev. World War I fighters
- Pilots and planes of the first air war
- Jane's fighting aircraft of world war i
- Windsock Raymond Rimell. Albatros dv
- Squadron / Signal. John F. Connors. Albatros fighters in action
See also
- Albatros D.IV
Links
- Albatros DV - Airwar.ru