Schütte-Lanz GI-V

The Schütte-Lanz G types were multi-engine heavy bomber of the German Air Force in the First World War .

development

Schütte-Lanz GI

The core business of the Schütte-Lanz company was the construction of military airships ; it is therefore little known that the company was also involved in the development and manufacture of aircraft. Schütte-Lanz participated as a licensee in numerous aircraft productions, including a. the giant aircraft from Zeppelin (Staaken), but one objective remained the development of its own large bomber.

In 1915 the draft of the Schütte-Lanz GI was created , of which probably only a prototype was tested. The aircraft was powered by two 160 HP engines, had a wingspan of 22 m, a length of 12 m and a wing area of 100 m². With a curb weight of 1850 kg and a takeoff weight of 3100 kg, the aircraft reached a speed of 125 km / h.

SL GV or LVG G.III

The types G.III and G.IV remained project studies for a twin-engine three-decker bomber with a wingspan of 24.6 m. In 1918 the GV appeared , the production of which was commissioned under license from the airline company (LVG) as LVG G.III. The aircraft was to be powered by two 260 hp Maybach engines. The aircraft was only completed shortly before the end of the war.

commitment

Nothing is known about a deployment of the Schütte-Lanz large bombers.

literature

Heinz Nowarra: The Development of Airplanes 1914–1918 . Lehmanns, Munich 1959.
Peter Gray, Owen Thetford: German Aircraft of the First World War. Putnam, London 1970, ISBN 0-85177-809-7 .

Web links

Brief description GI

Individual references / comments

↑ cf. corresponding plan sketches from Heinz Nowarra: The development of airplanes 1914–1918 . Lehmanns, Munich 1959.

[1] . corresponding plan sketches from Heinz Nowarra: The development of airplanes 1914–1918 . Lehmanns, Munich 1959.