Albatros W.4

what is it?

The Albatros W.4 was a military floatplane designed and produced by the German aircraft manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke. The W.4 was a derivative of the Albatros D.I land-based fighter aircraft, furnished with a new wing and tail section of greater span than the D.I. It was powered by the same 120 kW (160 hp) Mercedes D.III engine as fitted to the D.I while its fuselage was also based upon its predecessor. The first production series W.4s were armed with one lMG08 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine gun, while later built aircraft carried two guns.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 9.5 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 158 km/htop speed
• built 128made 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

• 🎂First flew 110 years ago, in 1916.
• 🚗Wingspan of 9.5 m: about 2 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

1916

retired

1918

status

retired

number built

128

role

fighter

makers

Albatros

engines

1× Mercedes D.III

crew

1

length

8.5 m

wingspan

9.5 m

height

3.7 m

top speed

158 km/h

range

—

ceiling

2,890 m

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