Albatros B.II

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Albatros L30
An Albatros B.II in the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow
Type: Reconnaissance and training aircraft
Design country:

German EmpireThe German Imperium German Empire

Manufacturer:

Albatros Flugzeugwerke

First flight:

1914

The Albatros B II was a German military aircraft that was used by the German , Austro-Hungarian and Turkish air forces in the First World War . It was designed in 1914 as a further development of the Albatros BI . It was also developed by the designer Grohmann and carried the project designation L-2 or the factory designation DD-2.

history

As with the predecessor BI, it was a reconnaissance vehicle . So that the observer in the front seat had a better view, the lower wings were cut out at the root of a rectangle.

The machine served as an unarmed reconnaissance aircraft until 1915, but was then replaced by the more powerful and armed C-series aircraft. Because of its excellent flight characteristics, economy and reliability, it was used as a training aircraft until the end of the First World War and sometimes beyond. The Polish Air Force used a total of 24 Albatros B II and B IIa as training aircraft until the 1920s.

The machine was produced with 100 hp Mercedes DI , 110 hp Benz Bz II and 120 hp Mercedes D II engines.

In the version B IIa (factory name Albatros L 30 ) the aircraft had a reinforced airframe and a Mercedes D II or Argus As II engine (both 120 hp).

The B II was the starting point for the further development of the reconnaissance vehicle CI, which was the forefather of a series that went up to C XIII.

The Russian Lebedev-11 and Lebedew-12 were built based on the model of a captured albatross .

Technical specifications

Albatros B.II with a makeshift machine gun in the front observer position
Parameter Data
crew 2
length 7.65 m
span 12.80 m
height 3.15 m
Wing area 36.60 m²
Empty mass 720 kg
Payload 350 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 1070 kg
Top speed 110 km / h
Climb performance 2.00 m / s
Service ceiling 3000 m
Max. Range 400 km
Engine a water-cooled 6-cylinder in-line engine Mercedes DI,
105 PS (77 kW) starting power

Received aircraft

Army History Museum , Vienna .

See also

Web links

Commons : Albatros B.II  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher (ed.): The Army History Museum in Vienna. Graz, Vienna 2000 p. 68.