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Albatros C.XIV

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C.XIV

Role	2 seatfighter aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
First flight	Spring 1918
Number built	1
Developed into	Albatros C.XV

TheAlbatros C.XIV was a German two seat, single engine,biplane fighter aircraft built in 1918. Only one was constructed.

Design and development

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After experimenting in 1917 withIdflieg two seat CL-class aircraft based on their single seatD.V, Albatros returned to thetwo bay biplane layout and flat sidedfuselage of their earlier C types with the C.XIV.^[1]

The wings of the C.XIV were straight edged and of constantchord, with the two bays formed by parallel pairs ofinterplane struts. The C.XIV was the first Albatros C type to includestagger. The upper wing, held well above the fuselage on acabane, had a semicircular cut-out to improve the pilot's vision from the forward of twotandem, opencockpits. Ailerons, which increased in chord outwards behind the inner line of thetrailing edge, were fitted to this wing.^[1]

The C.XIV was powered by a 220 hp (164 kW)Benz Bz.IVa, mounted with the upper parts of its six inline cylinders partly exposed.^[1] It had a tall exhaust which reached over the wingleading edge-mountedradiator. Thetailplane was mounted at the bottom of the fuselage. The undercarriage was of the fixedtype, with mainwheels on V-struts and a faired-in tailskid.^[1]

It first flew in the spring of 1918 but did not go into production. Instead, it was modified into the larger but lighterC.XV which entered a production run ended by theArmistice with Germany.^[1]

Specifications

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Data fromGerman Aircraft of World War I^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: Two
Length: 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Empty weight: 950 kg (2,094 lb)
Gross weight: 1,385 kg (3,053 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×Benz Bz.IVa 6-cylinder water-cooled inline, 160 kW (220 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

Endurance: 3.5 hr

Armament

Guns: 1×MG08 Spandau + 1×Parabellum MG14 machine guns

References

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^^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^fGray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970).German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam. p. 258.ISBN 0-85177-809-7.

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

CL-

BFW	CL.I CL.II CL.III CL.IV
Daimler	CL.I
Halberstadt	CL.II CL.IV
Hannover	CL.II CL.III CL.V
Junkers	CL.I
Zeppelin-Lindau	CL.I CL.II

CLS-

Albatros	CLS.I
Halberstadt	CLS.I CLS.II CLS.X
Junkers	CLS.I

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