Albatros C.V

what is it?

The Albatros C.V was a military reconnaissance aircraft designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke. It was developed to make use of the newly-available Mercedes D.IV eight-cylinder engine. While the C.V drew greatly upon the company's previous aircraft, it featured greater use of balanced flight control surfaces and a new tail design.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 12.8 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 170 km/htop speed
• range 450 kmwithout refuelling
• size 1,585 kgmax take-off weight
• built 426made in total

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).

fun facts

• 🚗Wingspan of 12.8 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

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number built

426

role

reconnaissance aircraft

makers

Albatros

engines

1× Mercedes D.IV

length

9 m

wingspan

12.8 m

height

4.5 m

max take-off weight

1,585 kg

top speed

170 km/h

range

450 km

ceiling

3,000 m

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