DFW C.V

what is it?

The DFW C.IV, DFW C.V, DFW C.VI, and DFW F37 were a family of German reconnaissance aircraft first used in 1916 in World War I. They were conventionally configured biplanes with unequal-span unstaggered wings and seating for the pilot and observer in tandem, open cockpits. Like the DFW C.II before them, these aircraft seated the gunner to the rear and armed him with a machine gun on a ring mount. Compared to preceding B- and C-class designs by DFW, however, the aerodynamics of the fuselage were more refined, and when coupled with more powerful engines, resulted in a machine with excellent performance.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 13.3 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 155 km/htop speed
• size 1,430 kgmax take-off weight
• built 3,250made 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 13.3 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

1916

introduced

1916

number built

3,250

role

reconnaissance

origin

German Empire

makers

Aviatik

engines

1× Benz Bz.IV

crew

2

length

7.9 m

wingspan

13.3 m

height

3.3 m

max take-off weight

1,430 kg

top speed

155 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,000 m

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