Hansa-Brandenburg CC
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| Type | Fighter flying boat |
| Manufacturer | Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeug-Werke |
| Maiden flight | 1916 |
| Primary users | Austro-Hungary Germany |
The Hansa-Brandenburg CC was a single-seat German fighter flying boat of the First World War. It was used by both the Imperial German Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy.
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[edit] Development and design
The Hansa-Brandenburg CC (where the designation CC came from the initials of the financier of the Hansa Brandenburg works, Camillo Castiglioni) was designed by Ernst Heinkel during 1916 for use by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. It was a single engined, single seater flying boat, with a pusher engine mounted between the wings. It had single-bay wings, with the unusual "Star-Strutter" arrangement of bracing struts (where four Vee struts joined in the centre of the wing bay to result in a "star" arrangement) shared with the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I and the KDW.
The CC was purchased both by Austro-Hungary and the Imperial German Navy. The Austro-Hungarian aircraft were powered by 119 kW (160 hp) Austro-Daimler or 134 kW (180 hp) Hiero engines and armed by a single 8-mm Schwarzlose machine gun. The German aircraft were powered by 112 kW (150 hp) Benz Bz.III engines and armed with one or two lMG 08/15 machine guns.[1]
One example was modified as a triplane and delivered to Austro-Hungary in 1917, while a second aircraft was modified with sponsons replacing the outrigger floats in support of the development process for the Staaken Rs IV.
[edit] Operational history
Austro-Hungary received 37 Hansa Brandenburg CCs, using them to provide air defence for ports and naval bases along the Adriatic sea coast.[2]
Germany received 36 aircraft from February 1917. They were temporarily grounded in July of that year because of severe vibration, being modified with additional interplane bracing struts.[3]
[edit] Operators
[edit] Specifications (CC)
Data from The Complete Book of Fighters [3]
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 7.69 m (25 ft 2¾ in)
- Wingspan: 9.30 m (30 ft 6⅛ in)
- Height: 3.57 m (11 ft 8½ in)
- Wing area: 26.5 m² (285 ft²)
- Empty weight: 800 kg (1,764 lb)
- Loaded weight: 1,080 kg (2,381 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Benz Bz.III water cooler six-cyliner inline engine, 112 kW (150 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 175 km/h (95 knots, 109 mph)
- Range: 500 km (270 NM, 310 mi)
- Wing loading: 40.8 kg/m² (8.35 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0.10 kW/kg (0.063 hp/lb)
- Climb to 1,000 m (3,280 ft):4.8 min
Armament
One 8 mm Schwarzlose (Austro-Hungary) or one or two lMG 08/15 machine guns
[edit] See also
Related lists
[edit] References
[edit] Notes
[edit] Bibliography
- Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1962
- Green, William and Swanborough, Gordon. The Complete Book of Fighters. New York: Smithmark, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8.
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