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Страна: Германия Год: 1916
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Albatros - G.II/G.III - 1916 - Германия | <– | –> | Albatros - W.4 - 1916 - Германия |
J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Albatros W.5 Torpedo bomber, Marine Nr. 845. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Albatros W.5 Marine #845 was the first W.5 built. It featured ailerons on the upper wings only and its rudder had a rounded trailing edge. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Albatros W.5 Marine #847 was the third W.5 built. It was to the production standard with ailerons on all wings connected by an actuating strut and its rudder had a straight trailing edge. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
The sole Albatros W 3, serial 527, three seat torpedo bomber. Powered by two 160hp Mercedes D IIIs, the W 3 had a top level speed of 83mph at sea level. Delivered to the navy in July 1916, the W 3 led to the generally similar W 5 design, of which four were built and delivered between May 1917 and January 1918. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
View of the Albatros W.3 under construction at the factory. The W.3 had ailerons on the upper wing only and used typical Albatros wood construction. (Peter M. Bowers Collection, Museum of Flight) | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
This view of the completed Albatros W.3 emphasize the attention paid to streamlining this large biplane floatplane. The pusher propellers featured spinners and the large block radiators were carefully streamlined into the engine nacelles. (Peter M. Bowers Collection, Museum of Flight) | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Marine Number 527 was the only Albatros W.3 built. The W.3 was a class TMG, a torpedo bomber armed with two flexible machine guns. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
The completed Albatros W.3 was a clean design with minimal frontal area for a fairly large, twin-engine biplane floatplane. Albatros had learned the importance of streamlining for performance and applied that lesson to the W.3. (Peter M. Grosz Collection, SDTB) | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
This view of Marine Number 845 also shows that ailerons were fitted to the upper wing only on this aircraft. It is not known if this aircraft was later upgraded to the standard four-aileron configuration shown in the SVK drawing. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Marine Number 845 was the first of five W.5 ordered. The photo shows that ailerons were fitted to the upper wing only, while the SVK drawing shows ailerons were to be fitted to all four wings. The rudder has a curved trailing edge; later aircraft and the SVK drawing feature a rudder with straight trailing edge. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Marine Number 847 was the third of five W.5 ordered. The photo shows that ailerons were fitted to all four wings, which is consistent with the type's SVK drawing. Four ailerons was intended as the standard configuration. A torpedo has been loaded and the torpedo's nose and fins are visible. The twin 150hp Benz Bz III powered Albatros W 5 floatplane torpedo bomber came into naval service in May 1917 Capable of 83mph top level speed at sea level, four of these three man biplanes were built, serials 846 to 849, delivery ending in January 1918. The view of the second aircraft, 847, shows the machine's pusher engine configuration and the torpedo stowed, semi-recessed, within the aircraft's belly. |
J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
This view of W.5 Marine Number 847 was likely taken at the same time as the photos above because the torpedo fins are still visible below the fuselage. The rudder has a straight trailing edge. (Peter M. Bowers Collection/Museum of Flight) | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Front view of a W.5 in the early configuration with ailerons on the upper wing only. No torpedo is being carried. (Peter M. Bowers Collection/Museum of Flight) | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Front view of a W.5 in the final configuration with ailerons on all four wings connected by an actuating strut. In this view a torpedo is being carried. (Peter M. Bowers Collection/Museum of Flight) | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Quarter view of a W.5 in the final configuration with ailerons on all four wings connected by an actuating strut. (Peter M. Bowers Collection/Museum of Flight) | A.Imrie - German Naval Air Service /Arms & Armour/ |
Albatros W5 845 dropping a practice torpedo. Three torpedo Staffeln worked up in a Sonderkommando (Special Command) at Flensburg from mid-1916, but their operational success on both East and West Fronts was not great due to the poor performance and seaworthiness of the underpowered twin-engined seaplanes used for this duty. Various manufacturers produced torpedo seaplanes, but all were of neccessity lightly built and were demanding to fly. Eventually this weapon was discarded and the aircraft were used for other work such as mine-laying or, when fitted with extra fuel tanks, for long-range oversea reconnaissance. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
The single Albatros W.3 prototype was followed by a batch of five W.5 production aircraft. The W.5 was developed from the W.3 and like the W.3 was a class TMG, a torpedo bomber armed with two flexible machine guns. Here is Marine Number 845, the first aircraft of the batch, launches a torpedo. | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Albatros W.3 SVK Drawing | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Albatros W.5 SVK Drawing | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Albatros W.5 | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Albatros W.5 | J.Herris - Albatros Aircraft of WWI. Volume 3: Bombers, Seaplanes, J-types /Centennial Perspective/ (26) |
Albatros W.5 |