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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Albatros_C.IV > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Albatros_C.IV.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatros_C.IV > Source revision: 1321144711 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Infobox aircraft | name = Albatros C.IV | logo = | logo_size = | image = Albatros C-IV (4822147675).jpg | alt = | caption = Albatros C.IV | long_caption = | other_names = | aircraft_type = [Reconnaissance aircraft](/source/Reconnaissance_aircraft) | aim = | outcome = | related = | national_origin = Germany | manufacturer = Albatros | design_group = | designer = | builder = | issuer = | status = Prototype only | owners = | primary_user = | more_users = | service = | major_applications = | proposals = | prototypes = | number_built = 1 | construction_number = | civil_registration = | military_serial = | radio_code = | requirement = | aircraft_carried = | flights = | total_hours = | total_distance = | construction_date = | introduction = | retired = | first_flight = 1916 | initiated = | in_service = | last_flight = | expected = | developed_from = [Albatros C.III](/source/Albatros_C.III) | variants = | developed_into = | preservation = | fate = | predecessors = | successors = | concluded = }} The '''Albatros C.IV''', (Company post-war designation L.12). was a German military reconnaissance aircraft built in the autumn of 1915 by [Albatros Flugzeugwerke](/source/Albatros_Flugzeugwerke).{{cite book|last=Lamberton|first=William Melville|title=Reconnaissance & bomber aircraft of the 1914-1918 war|year=1962|publisher=Aero Publishers|page=122}} It was a single-engined biplane, and was based on the [Albatros C.III](/source/Albatros_C.III), with which it shared many parts. It was eventually abandoned, in favour of the C.V. ==Design and development== The C.IV shared the same fuselage, landing gear, and tail section with the C.III, but Albatros changed the design of the wings and cockpit; the pilot was located in the rear cockpit.{{cite book|title=German aircraft of the First World War|year=1962|publisher=Putnam|author=Peter Laurence Gray|author2=Owen Gordon Thetford|page=254}} When it was tested in 1916, the expected results of the changes did not occur, and the project was abandoned in favour of a more promising prototype, which became the [Albatros C.V](/source/Albatros_C.V).{{cite web|url=http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/albc3.html |title=Albatros C.IV |access-date=December 28, 2010 |language=ru |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101222132826/http://airwar.ru/enc/other1/albc3.html |archive-date=22 December 2010 |url-status=live }} The C.IV was armed with a forward-firing [LMG 08/15](/source/LMG_08%2F15) machine gun, and a rear-firing, [Parabellum MG14](/source/Parabellum_MG14) machine gun. ==Specifications== {{Aircraft specs |ref= |prime units?=met |genhide= |crew=2 |capacity= |length m=8 |length note= |span m=12.4 |span note= |upper span m= |upper span ft= |upper span in= |upper span note= |lower span m= |lower span ft= |lower span in= |lower span note= |height m=3.1 |height note= |wing area sqm=41.2 |wing area note= |airfoil= |empty weight kg=798 |empty weight note= |gross weight kg=1240 |gross weight note= |max takeoff weight kg= |max takeoff weight lb= |max takeoff weight note= |fuel capacity= |more general= |eng1 number=1 |eng1 name=[Mercedes D.III](/source/Mercedes_D.III) |eng1 type=Inline piston engine |eng1 kw=118 |eng1 note= |power original=160PS |thrust original= |more power= |prop blade number= |prop name= |prop dia m= |prop dia ft= |prop dia in= |prop note= |perfhide= |max speed kmh=140 |max speed note= |cruise speed kmh=125 |cruise speed note= |stall speed kmh= |stall speed mph= |stall speed kts= |stall speed note= |never exceed speed kmh= |never exceed speed mph= |never exceed speed kts= |never exceed speed note= |minimum control speed kmh= |minimum control speed mph= |minimum control speed kts= |minimum control speed note= |range km= |range miles= |range nmi= |range note= |combat range km= |combat range miles= |combat range nmi= |combat range note= |ferry range km= |ferry range miles= |ferry range nmi= |ferry range note= |endurance=4h |ceiling m=3200 |ceiling note= |climb rate ms= |climb rate ftmin= |climb rate note= |time to altitude= |lift to drag= |wing loading kg/m2= |wing loading lb/sqft= |wing loading note= |disk loading kg/m2= |disk loading lb/sqft= |disk loading note= |fuel consumption kg/km= |fuel consumption lb/mi= |power/mass= |thrust/weight= |more performance= |guns=1×7.92mm [LMG 08/15](/source/LMG_08%2F15) and 1×7.92mm [Parabellum MG14](/source/Parabellum_MG14) |bombs=90kg }} ==Notes== {{reflist}} ==References== {{commons category}} *Cowin, H.W. ''German and Austrian Aviation of World War I''. Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2000 {{ISBN|1-84176-069-2}} *{{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=Albatros Aircraft of WWI: Volume 1: Early Two-Seaters: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes |date=2016 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p. |isbn=978-1-935881-47-6|series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=24}} {{Albatros aircraft}} {{Idflieg C-class designations}} Category:1910s German military reconnaissance aircraft C.04 Category:Single-engined tractor aircraft Category:Biplanes Category:Aircraft first flown in 1916 --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Albatros C.IV](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatros_C.IV) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albatros_C.IV?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.