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Albatros C.II

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Albatros C.II

General information
Type	Prototype
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Number built	1
History
First flight	1916
Developed from	Albatros C.I

TheAlbatros C.II was a 1916German militarypusher biplane designed and built byAlbatros Flugzeugwerke. Only oneprototype was built and the type did not enter production.

Design

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The C.II used the wings and landing gear of the earlierC.I but was fitted with a shortnacelle rather than a conventionalfuselage. The nacelle housed a 150 hp (112 kW)Benz Bz.III engine in apusher configuration with a two-bladed propeller. The nacelle had an open cockpit for the observer/gunner at the front and the pilot behind.^[1] The tail structure used an open frame with a conventional fin and rudder and garnered the nicknameGitterschwanz (en: lattice tail).^[2]

This aircraft should not be confused with theOAW C.II which was an unrelated aircraft produced in 1916 by Albatros’s subsidiary,Ostdeutsche Albatroswerke, at their factory inSchneidemühl. The two aircraft can be easily distinguished as the company's main factory atJohannisthal's design used apusher configuration while the Schneidmühl one used atractor configuration.^[1]

Specifications

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Data from German Aircraft of the First World War^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2 (pilot, gunner/observer)
Wingspan: 12.90 m (42 ft 4 in)
Wing area: 40.50 m² (435.9 sq ft)
Powerplant: 1 ×Benz Bz.III liquid-cooledinline engine, 110 kW (150 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed

References

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^^a ^b ^cGrey & Thetford, p. 254
^Treadwell, p. 35

Bibliography

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Herris, Jack (2016).Albatros Aircraft of WWI: Volume 1: Early Two-Seaters: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 24. n.p.: Aeronaut Books.ISBN 978-1-935881-47-6.
Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen (1987) [1970].German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam.ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
Treadwell, Terry C. (2010).German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908–1918. Amberley.ISBN 978-1-44560-102-1.

Albatros aircraft

Early aircraft

MilitaryIdflieg
designations

B type unarmed reconnaissance biplanes	B.I B.II B.III
C type armed reconnaissance biplanes	C.I C.I (OAW) C.II C.II (OAW) C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIIII N C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
D typeDoppeldecker fighters	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV
Dr typeDreidecker triplane fighters	Dr.I Dr.II
G typeGrossflugzeug bombers	G.I G.II G.III G.IV
J type close support	J.I J.II J.III

Company
designations

Landflugzeug (Landplanes)	LDD L.1 L.2 L.3 L.4 L.5 L.6 L.7 L.8 L.9 L.10 L.11 L.12 L.13 L.14 L.15 L.16 L.17 L.18 L.19 L.20 L.21 L.22 L.23 L.24 L.25 L.26 L.27 L.28 L.29 L.30 L.31 L.32 L.33 L.34 L.35 L.36 L.37 L.38 L.39 L.40 L.41 L.42 L.43 L.44 L.45 L.46 L.47 L.48 L.49 L.50 L.51 L.52 L.53 L.54 L.55 L.56 L.57 L.58 L.59 L.60 L.65 L.66 L.67 L.68 L.69 L.70 L.71 L.72 L.73 L.74 L.75 L.76 L.77 L.78 L.79 L.80 L.81 L.82 L.83 L.84 L.100 L.101 L.102 L.103
Wasserflugzeug (Seaplanes)	W.1 W.2 W.3 W.4 W.5 W.8 WMZ
Höhenflugzeug (High Altitude)	H.1

Idflieg C-, CL-, and CLS-class aircraft designations

C-

AEG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII
AGO	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Albatros	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
Aviatik	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Caspar	C.I
DFW	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI
Fokker	C.I C.II C.III
Friedrichshafen	C.I
Germania	C.I C.II C.III C.IV
Halberstadt	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Hannover	C.I C.IV
LFG Roland	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VIII
LVG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
OAW	C.I C.II
Otto	C.I C.II
Pfalz	C.I
Rumpler	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X
Sablatnig	C.I C.II C.III
Schütte-Lanz	C.I
Zeppelin	C.I C.II