Albatros Dr.II
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Primary user	Luftstreitkrafte

The Albatros Dr.II was a German prototype single-seat fighter triplane , the sole example of which flew in the spring of 1918. It was similar in many respects to the D.X biplane , employing among other features the same 145 kW (195 hp) Benz Bz.IIIbo engine and twin 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine guns .

The three pairs of wings were sharply staggered, braced by broad I-struts, and shared parallel chords. All three pairs were equipped with ailerons , which were linked by hinged struts.

Specifications (Dr.II) [ edit ]

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

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 6.18 m (20 ft 3 in)
• Wingspan: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
• Height: 3.34 m (10 ft 11 in)
• Wing area: 26.6 m ² (286 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 676 kg (1,490 lb)
• Gross weight: 915 kg (2,017 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IIIbo V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 145 kW (194 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

• Wing loading: 25.4 kg/m ² (5.2 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass : 0.16 kW/kg (0.097 hp/lb)

References [ edit ]

Further reading [ edit ]

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• Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters . London: Salamander. ISBN   1-85833-777-1 .