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German WWI prototype aircraft

LVG C.VIII

Role	Reconnaissance aircraftType of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	LVG (aircraft manufacturer)
First flight	1918
Number built	1

The LVG C.VIII was a prototype reconnaissance aircraft built in Germany during World War I.

Design and development

The C.VIII 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.

Specifications

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War,

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Height: 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Wing area: 35.7 m (384 sq ft)
Empty weight: 975 kg (2,150 lb)
Gross weight: 1,380 kg (3,042 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IVü 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line high compression piston engine, 150 kW (200 hp) at sea level; (180 kW (240 hp) at rated altitude
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
Endurance: 4 hours
Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,000 ft)

Armament

Guns: 1 × fixed forward firing synchronised 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine gun and 1 x flexibly mounted 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG 14 machine gun

References

Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 615.
Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 477. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

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AEG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII
AGO	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Albatros	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
Aviatik	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Caspar	C.I
DFW	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI
Fokker	C.I C.II C.III
Friedrichshafen	C.I
Germania	C.I C.II C.III C.IV
Halberstadt	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Hannover	C.I C.IV
LFG Roland	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VIII
LVG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
OAW	C.I C.II
Otto	C.I C.II
Pfalz	C.I
Rumpler	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X
Sablatnig	C.I C.II C.III
Schütte-Lanz	C.I
Zeppelin	C.I C.II

CL-

BFW	CL.I CL.II CL.III CL.IV
Daimler	CL.I
Halberstadt	CL.II CL.IV
Hannover	CL.II CL.III CL.V
Junkers	CL.I
Zeppelin-Lindau	CL.I CL.II

CLS-

Albatros	CLS.I
Halberstadt	CLS.I CLS.II CLS.X
Junkers	CLS.I

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Design and development

Specifications

References

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