Engineering:AGO C.I

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C.I
Forward oblique view of the AGO C.I
General information
ManufacturerAGO Flugzeugwerke
Designer
August Häfeli
Management and usageGermany
Number built64
History
Introduction dateJune 1915

The AGO C.I was a First World War German pusher reconnaissance biplane that used a pod-and-boom configuration.

Development

The crew and pusher engine shared a central nacelle, and the twin booms carried the tail and the four-wheeled landing gear. The observer sat at the nose and was armed with a machine gun.[1]

A single example was fitted with floats for coastal patrol duties for the Imperial German Navy (designation C.I-W).

Operators

 German Empire
  • Luftstreitkrafte
  • Kaiserliche Marine

Specifications

AGO C.I

Data from Ago C.I[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: two, pilot and observer
  • Length: 9.30 m (30 ft 6 in)
  • Wingspan: 15.10 m (49 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 47.6 m2 (512 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 960 kg (2,116 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,495 kg (3,296 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III , 120 kW (160 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn)
  • Range: 480 km (300 mi, 260 nmi)
  • Endurance: 3 hr[3]
  • Time to altitude: 9.5 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

Armament

  • 1 × 7.92 mm Parabellum machine gun

See also

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era

References

Citations

  1. van Wyngarden, G (2006). Early German Aces of World War I, Osprey Publishing Ltd. ISBN 1-84176-997-5
  2. Grosz 1999, p. 32.
  3. Hornát 2001, p. 530.

Bibliography

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