LVG C.V

LVG C.V
General information
Type	Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	LVG (aircraft manufacturer)
History
First flight	1917

The LVG C.V was a reconnaissance aircraft produced in large numbers in Germany during World War I. ^[1]

Design and development

The C.V was a conventional two-bay biplane design of its day, with unstaggered wings of equal span and tandem, open cockpits for the pilot and observer. ^[2] The ailerons, fitted only to the upper wing, featured aerodynamic balances that extended past the wingtips. ^[2] The fuselage was a semi-monocoque construction skinned in wood. ^[3]

Following the war, some C.Vs were used as civil transports, ^[1] while some 150 machines captured by Polish forces were put to use by the Polish army. ^[4] Other post-war users included Russia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia; together operating about 30 aircraft. ^[4]

Operators

Germany

Luftstreitkrafte

Latvia

Latvian Air Force - Postwar

Lithuania

Lithuanian Air Force - Postwar

  Poland

Polish Air Force - used as a reconnaissance aircraft during Polish–Soviet War, then in postwar service

  Russia

Imperial Russian Air Service - Postwar^{[ citation needed ]}

  Turkey

Ottoman Air Force

Specifications

Data from Grosz 1998, 35

General characteristics

• Crew: Two, pilot and observer
• Length: 8.07 m (26 ft 6 in)
• Wingspan: 13.60 m (44 ft 7 in)
• Height: 3.36 m (10 ft 0 in)
• Wing area: 40.5 m² (436 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,009 kg (2,220 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,505 kg (3,311 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IV , 150 kW (200 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 170 km/h (106 mph, 92 kn)
• Endurance: 3 hours 30 minutes
• Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
• Rate of climb: 5.6 m/s (1,100 ft/min)

Armament

• 1 × fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15
• 1 × trainable, rearward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) Parabellum MG14
• 40 kg (90 lb) bombs

Notes

1. Taylor 1989, 615
2. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 334
3. Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 331
4. Grosz 1998, 13

References

• Grosz, Peter M. (1998). Windsock Datafile 71: LVG C.V. Berkhampstead: Albatross Productions.
• Herris, Jack (2019). LVG Aircraft of WWI: Volume 3: C.VI–C.XI & Fighters: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 36. Charleston, South Carolina: Aeronaut Books. ISBN   978-1-935881-74-2.
• Neulen, Hans-Werner & Cony, Christophe (September 2000). "Les aigles du Kaiser en Terre Sainte" [The Kaiser's Eagles in the Holy Land]. Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire (in French) (90): 38–46. ISSN   1243-8650.
• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.
• World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing.