AEG C.II

what is it?

The AEG C.II was a two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft built by the Allgemeine Elektricitäts-Gesellschaft (AEG) during the First World War for the Imperial German Army's (Deutsches Heer) Imperial German Air Service (Luftstreitkräfte). It was ordered in late 1915 as a better-performing version of the C.I resulting from a smaller and lighter structure. The effort to lighten the aircraft compromised its structure which led to repeated failures during static load testing and relegated it to training and testbed duties.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · tail-skid gear

base stats

• speed 138 km/htop speed
• seats 2passengers
• size 1,200 kgmax take-off weight

Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).

spec sheet

first flight

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introduced

1915

number built

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role

reconnaissance aircraft

makers

AEG

engines

1× Benz Bz.III / Bz.III

crew

2

passengers

2

length

7.1 m

max take-off weight

1,200 kg

top speed

138 km/h

range

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wings

biplane

landing gear

tail-skid gear

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.