Albatros BI

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Albatros BI
Albatros BI version with three pairs of handles
Albatros BI version with three pairs of handles
Type: Reconnaissance and training aircraft
Design country:

German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire

Manufacturer:

Albatros Flugzeugwerke

First flight:

1913

Commissioning:

1913

Austrian license build of the Albatros BI (version with two pairs of handles), autumn 1915
Version of the Albatros biplane with a pair of handles in Johannisthal , which won the speed award at the Aspern flight meeting in 1914
Reinhold Böhm after the endurance flight world record in the Albatros biplane
Albatros BI, the Albatros Aircraft Works on October 1, 1914 as the pattern for prototype of the Phoenix Aircraft transferred

The Albatros BI (also called Albatros military biplane in contemporary sources ) was a German military aircraft. It was designed as a reconnaissance aircraft and flown as such in the Air Force until 1915 , the internal factory designation was L-1. When the First World War broke out, a military designation system was introduced, and the model was now called Albatros BI. Phönix Flugzeugwerke built the aircraft under license for Austria-Hungary .

construction

With the well -engineered half-shell wooden fuselage constructions by chief engineer Hugo Grohmann , Albatros had low-weight and high-performance fuselage constructions. In 1913, Ernst Heinkel and Robert Thelen developed the Albatros DD ( double decker , later military name Albatros BI ) as the most important type on this wooden hull base . The landing gear consisted of a fixed two-wheeled main landing gear with a continuous axle and a tail spur. Braking was done with a hook attached to the chassis axis. There was also a floatable version, the Albatros WDD (W.1).

Versions

The machine was equipped with Mercedes engines of 75, 100 and 120 hp, which drove a fixed two-bladed wooden propeller. The wingspan varied. Depending on the span, there were versions with a pair of handles (Albatros racing double decker) as well as two and three pairs of handles.

use

In 1914, the BI was able to set a height record. From July 10th to 11th, 1914, the Albatros works pilot Reinhold Böhm set the world record for endurance flights with a flight duration of 24 hours and 10 minutes. The altitude and endurance flight records were set with the three-pair version.

Because of its inferiority to Allied fighters , the aircraft was withdrawn from active service at the front in 1915 and served as a training aircraft until 1918 .

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 2
length 8.55 m
span 14.30 m
height 3.50 m
Wing area 43.00 m²
Empty mass 600 kg
Payload 200 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 800 kg
Top speed 100 km / h
Take-off run 50 m
Climb performance 1.00 m / s
Max. Range 650 km
Engine a water-cooled 6-cylinder in-line Mercedes engine,
100 HP (74 kW) starting power

Web links

Commons : Albatros BI  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d James F. Miller: DH 2 vs Albatros DI / D II - Western Front 1916 . Osprey Publishing (UK), Oxford 2012, ISBN 978-1-84908-704-9 .
  2. ↑ Aviation No. 15/1914 of July 22, 1914, p. 631ff
  3. ^ Johannisthal letter . From our Johannisthal correspondent. In: Carl Oskar Ursinus (Ed.): Flugsport . No.  15 . Verlag für Flugsport, Frankfurt am Main July 22, 1914, p. 631 ( Aviation in the Luftfahrt-bibliothek.de [accessed on August 19, 2018]). , Page 631ff