Albatros C.VII

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Albatros C.VII
Type Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Primary user Germany
Number built >600

The Albatros C.VII was a German military reconnaissance aircraft which saw service during World War I. It was a revised and re-engined development of the C.V that had proved disappointing in service.

The C.VII dispensed with the earlier type's unreliable Mercedes D.IV and also with the fixes that had been made to accommodate that powerplant, returning to the original C.V/16 design. Refinements were also made to the control surfaces, the overall effect being an aircraft of excellent handling qualities, and which soon made up the bulk of German reconnaissance aircraft, with some 350 in service at any one time.


[edit] Variants

C.VI
N.I
Night-bomber variant.

[edit] Operators

Flag of German Empire German Empire

[edit] Specifications (C.VII)

General characteristics

  • Crew: two, pilot and observer
  • Length: 8.70 m (28 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.78 m (41 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 3.8 m (12 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: 43.4 m² (467 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 989 kg (2,180 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,550 kg (3,420 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IV, 150 kW (200 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 170 km/h (110 mph)
  • Endurance: 3 1/3 hours
  • Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,500 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 3.2 m/s (630 ft/min)

Armament

  • 1 × forward-firing 7.92 mm Spandau LMG 08/15 machine gun
  • 1 × 7.92 mm Parabellum MG14 machine gun for observer
  • 90 kg (200 lb) of bombs

[edit] References

  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 52-53. 


[edit] See also

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Idflieg C-, CL-, CS-, and CLS-class aircraft designations
C- and CL-

AEG: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VII  • C.VIII

AGO: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.VII  • C.VII

Albatros: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VII  • C.VIII  • C.IX  • C.X  • C.XI  • C.XII  • C.XIII  • C.XIV  • C.XV

Aviatik: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VIII  • C.IX

BFW: CL.I  • CL.II  • CL.III  • CL.IV

DFW: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI

Fokker: C.I

Friedrichshafen: C.I

Germania: C.I  • C.II  • C.IV

Halberstadt: C.I  • CL.II  • C.III  • CL.IV  • C.V  • C.VII  • C.VIII  • C.IX  • CLS.X

Hanover: C.I  • CL.II  • CL.III  • C.IV  • CL.V

Junkers: CL.I

LFG/Roland: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.V  • C.VIII

LVG: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VIII

OAW: C.I  • C.II

Otto: C.I  • C.II

Pfalz: C.I

Rumpler: C.I  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VII  • C.VIII  • C.IX  • C.X

Sablatnig: C.I  • C.II  • C.III

Schütte-Lanz: C.I

Zeppelin-Friedrichshafen: C.I  • C.II

Zeppelin-Lindau: C.I  • C.II
CLS-

Albatros: CLS.I

Halberstadt: CLS.I  • CLS.II see also in main sequence above

Junkers: CLS.I
CS-

Zeppelin-Lindau: CS.I
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Idflieg N-class aircraft designations

AEG: N.I

Albatros: N.I

BFW: N.I

Friedrichshafen: N.I

Sablatnig: N.I
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