Lloyd 40.15

Lloyd 40.15
Role	Fighter
Manufacturer	Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik
First flight	December 1917
Status	Prototype
Primary user	Austro-Hungarian Empire
Number built	1

The Lloyd 40.15 was an experimental triplane fighter that was designed and built in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I. ^[1]

Specifications (Lloyd 40.15)

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Length: 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
• Upper wingspan: 7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
• Mid wingspan: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
• Lower wingspan: 4.2 m (13 ft 9 in)
• Height: 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in)
• Wing area: 22.2 m² (239 sq ft)
• Gross weight: 900 kg (1,984 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Austro-Daimler 185hp 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 138 kW (185 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn) estimated

Armament

• Guns: 2 × fixed, forward-firing 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose machine guns

References

1. Grosz, Peter M.; Haddow, George; Scheiner, Peter (2002) [1993]. Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Boulder: Flying Machine Press. pp. 207–208. ISBN   1-891268-05-8.

External links

• World War One Aviation: Austrian Experimental Aircraft