Albatros B.II
Albatros L30 | |
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Type: | Reconnaissance and training aircraft |
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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
Parameter | Data |
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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 .
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Individual evidence
- ^ Manfried Rauchsteiner , Manfred Litscher (ed.): The Army History Museum in Vienna. Graz, Vienna 2000 p. 68.