With the new additions of the Austro-Hungarian fighter would like to ask the modders friends over this addition of another Austrian manufacturer based on German designs, which also serve in the post WWI conflict in the air forces of the countries that emerged after the fragmentation of European central empires.
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Carlos
The Lloyd C-series of biplanes was produced in three major reconnaissance versions - the C.II, C.III and C.IV.
The Lloyd C.II was a reconnaissance biplane fielded by the Austro-Hungarian Empire in World War 1, with service of the type beginning in 1915. The C.II had a direct origin from the pre-war Lloyd C.I, an competition-winning, two-seat, reconnaissance biplane design of 1914 which, itself, borrowed from Lloyd's experiences in license-production of aircraft for the Deutsche Flugzeug-Werke (DFW) firm of Germany. At least 100 of the C.II were produced and made available in 1915 while its derivatives - the C.III and C.IV - saw production totals reach approximately 50 and 40 units respectively.
The C.II was of a mostly conventional biplane design and layout, with the powerplant situated to the front of a flat-faced plywood (covered in linen) fuselage dominated by an upper and lower wing assembly and tapering off into a traditional empennage. The aircraft reserved room for a pilot and an observer/rear gunner seated in a tandem open-air cockpit with the pilot in the forward area and the observer in the aft area. Wings were slightly swept-back and braced by parallel struts and applicable cabling. The upper and lower wing assemblies were staggered and of unequal span to one another. Armament was only made available to the crew after the start of hostilities in World War 1 and became just a single trainable 8mm Schwarzlose machine gun, this fitted to a half-circle mounting in the rear cockpit. Bombs were a part of the C.II's forte and could account for some offensive punch in the form of 200lbs of ordnance.
The Lloyd C.II saw combat service with the air forces of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and Poland. The Polish C.IIs were eventually captured and utilized for training by their captors. Some C.IIs eventually saw service past the war and up to 1920.
The C.II was powered by a single Hiero-type inline engine of 145 horsepower mounted in the front of the fuselage. Output from the powerplant allowed for a maximum speed of up to 80 miles per hour with a range of 250 miles. A service ceiling of 9,800 feet was possible and a rate-of-climb of 1,100 feet per minute was reported. The aircraft maintained a wingspan of 45 feet, 11 inches and an overall length of 29 feet, 6 inches.
The Lloyd C.II was produced in two major follow-up derivatives in the C.III and C.IV. The C.III, essentially an uprated (and slightly faster) C.II model, was fitted with an Austro-Daimler engine of 160 horsepower with a majority of the aircraft produced by WKF (43) while Lloyd itself handled limited production (at least 8 such systems). The C.IV was also fitted with an Austro-Daimler engine and given a greater wingspan (47 feet, 8 inches). A total of 48 C.IVs were delivered (one of these being a conversion model).
Lloyd C.II - C.IVType: Reconnaissance aircraft
National Origin: Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer:
Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik
Wiener Karosserie und Flugzeugfabrik (WKF)
Designed By: Wizina and von Melczer
First Flight: 1915
Primary User: KuKLFT
Number Built: C.II: 100
C.III: 50
C.IV: 40
Powerplant: 1 × Hiero inline engine, 145 hp (108 kW)
1 × Austro-Daimler Inline engine 160 hp (120 kW)
Wingspan: 45 ft 11 in (14.00 m)
Wing Area: 409 ft² (38.0 m²)
Length: 29 ft 6 in (9.00 m)
Height: 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Empty Weight: 1,990 lb (905 kg)
Gross Weight: 2,970 lb (1,350 kg)
Maximum Speed:
Hiero: 80 mph (128 km/h)
Austro-Daimler: 83 mph (133 km/h)
Range: 250 miles (400 km)
Service Ceiling: 9,800 ft (3,000 m)
Rate of Climb: 1,100 ft/min (5.6 m/s)
Crew: Two, pilot and observer
Armament: Guns: 1 × trainable 0.315 in (8 mm) Schwarzlose machine gun for observer
Bombs: 200 lb (90 kg) of bombs
The Lloyd C.V was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in Austria-Hungary during the First World War. It was a departure from Lloyd's previous reconnaissance types, which had all been based on a pre-war design. The C.V was a more compact and streamlined aircraft with an unusual wing structure.
The design was fairly conventional, ex;cept for the interplane struts. These were arranged in two sets, front and rear, with the rear sets consisting of two struts per wing, and the forward sets of only one strut per wing. When viewed from the front of the aircraft, the rear struts formed a V-shape, converging to the point where they met the lower wings. From bottom wing to top, the single forward struts sloped inwards towards the centreline, matching the angle of the inboard rear struts. The fin was triangular and similar to the unit on earlier Lloyd designs, but featured an extension at the top of the rudder that reached over the top of the fixed part of the fin. With its curved leading edge and scalloped trailing edge, this rudder resembled the tail of a rooster.
The wings departed from the conventional structure of one or more spars surrounded by airfoil-shaped ribs and were built instead from ribs surrounded by longerons that stretched span-wise along the wings. This was all then covered in plywood sheeting. While this made for a strong, light structure, it also meant that repairs to damaged wings were difficult, and proved impossible to carry out in the field. Damaged aircraft were sent to depots for exchange. Another problem was that moisture trapped inside the wings had no way to escape quickly. This could cause the plywood skin to buckle or delaminate.
Lloyd C.VRole: Reconnaissance aircraft
National Origin: Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer: Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik
Wiener Karosserie und Flugzeugfabrik (WKF)
Designed By: Wizina and von Melczer
First Flight: 1917
Primary User: KuKLFT
Number Built: 144
Powerplant: 1 × Hiero inline engine, 185 hp (138 kW)
1 × inline Austro-Daimler engine 160 hp (120 kW)
Wingspan: 36 ft 1 in (11.00 m)
Wing Area: 355 ft² (33.0 m²)
Length: 22 ft 6 in (6.85 m)
Height: 9 ft 5 in (2.86 m)
Empty Weight: 1,900 lb (820 kg)
Gross Weight: 2,640 lb (1,200 kg)
Maximum Speed: (Hiero) 111 mph (178 km/h)
(Austro-Daimler) 83 mph (133 km/h)
Range: 160 miles (250 km)
Service Ceiling: 16,400 ft (5,000 m)
Rate of Climb: 770 ft/min (3.9 m/s)
Crew: Two, pilot and observer
Armament: Guns:
1 × trainable 0.315 in (8 mm) Schwarzlose machine gun for observer
1 × fixed, forward-firing 0.315 in (8 mm) Schwarzlose machine gun in overwing Type II VK gunpod
Bombs:
200 lb (90 kg) of bombs
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