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LVG C.V

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LVG C.V
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Germany
Manufacturer LVG (aircraft manufacturer)
First flight 1917

The LVG C.V was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in large numbers in Germany during World War I.[1]

Design and development

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The C.V was a conventional two-bay biplane design of its day, with unstaggered wings of equal span and tandem, open cockpits for the pilot and observer.[2] The ailerons, fitted only to the upper wing, featured aerodynamic balances that extended past the wingtips.[2] The fuselage was a semi-monocoque construction skinned in wood.[3]

Following the war, some C.Vs were used as civil transports,[1] while some 150 machines captured by Polish forces were put to use by the Polish army.[4] Other post-war users included Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia; together operating about 30 aircraft.[4]

Operators

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 Germany

Luftstreitkrafte

 Latvia

Latvian Air Force - Postwar

 Lithuania

Lithuanian Air Force - Postwar

 Poland

Polish Air Force - used as a reconnaissance aircraft during Polish–Soviet War, then in postwar service

 Russia

Imperial Russian Air Service - Postwar[citation needed]

 Turkey

Ottoman Air Force

Specifications

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Data from Grosz 1998, 35

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and observer
  • Length: 8.07 m (26 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 13.60 m (44 ft 7 in)
  • Height: 3.36 m (10 ft 0 in)
  • Wing area: 40.5 m2 (436 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 1,009 kg (2,220 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,505 kg (3,311 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IV , 150 kW (200 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 170 km/h (106 mph, 92 kn)
  • Endurance: 3 hours 30 minutes
  • Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
  • Rate of climb: 5.6 m/s (1,100 ft/min)

Armament

  • 1 × fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15
  • 1 × trainable,rearward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) Parabellum MG14
  • 40 kg (90 lb) bombs

Notes

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  1. ^ a b Taylor 1989, 615
  2. ^ a b Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 334
  3. ^ Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 331
  4. ^ a b Grosz 1998, 13

References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to LVG C.V.
  • Grosz, Peter M. (1998). Windsock Datafile 71: LVG C.V. Berkhampstead: Albatross Productions.
  • Herris, Jack (2019). LVG Aircraft of WWI: Volume 3: C.VI–C.XI & Fighters: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 36. Charleston, South Carolina: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-74-2.
  • Neulen, Hans-Werner & Cony, Christophe (September 2000). "Les aigles du Kaiser en Terre Sainte" [The Kaiser's Eagles in the Holy Land]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (90): 38–46. ISSN 1243-8650.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.
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