LVG C.V

LVG C.V

Role	Reconnaissance aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	LVG (aircraft manufacturer)
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

^ ^a ^b Taylor 1989, 615
^ ^a ^b Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 334
^ Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1919, 331
^ ^a ^b Grosz 1998, 13

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to LVG C.V.

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.

Luftverkehrsgesellschaft (L.V.G.) aircraft

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Idflieg C-, CL-, and CLS-class aircraft designations

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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