Описание
Страна: Австро-Венгрия
Год: 1914
P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One
Lloyd 40.01
On its first public appearance at the Third International Flugmeeting at Aspern, director Bier brilliantly piloted the Lloyd LS 1 biplane (competition number 20) to four world altitude records. On 27 June 1914, Bier reached an altitude of 6170 meters (20,244 ft) with one passenger and on 28 June, 5440 meters (17,849 ft) with two passengers. Bier's flying skills earned him third prize overall behind Edmund Sparmann flying for Lohner and Roland Garros for Nieuport. The record-breaking Lloyd LS 1 biplane was powered by a 145 hp Hiero engine. Praised as the best in-line engine at the Flugmeeting, it was designed by Otto Hieronimus who soon became famous for his wartime engines.
Although identified as a Lloyd product, sufficient evidence exists to demonstrate that the LS 1 was built by DFW in Leipzig. In light of the fact that Lloyd took seven months to deliver the first production aircraft, it is unlikely that the fledgling company was capable of building and fine-tuning a record-breaking competition aircraft between the opening of the factory (8 May 1914) and the first day of the Flugmeeting (21 June 1914). The LS 1 biplane (Lloyd Stahlrumpf - steel fuselage) had the characteristic DFW welded steel-tube fuselage, whereas every Lloyd fuselage was built of wood. A similar biplane photographed at the DFW factory further supports the contention that the LS 1 was built in Leipzig.
The Lloyd LS 1 (less engine) was purchased by the LA in September 1914. A new 145 hp Hiero engine was installed and the ventral radiator replaced by one mounted above the engine. From January to August 1915, the LS 1 was flown by Flik 6 at Igalo on the Montenegro Front. In military records the LS 1 was designated Lloyd 20M (M for meeting) before receiving the prototype designation 40.01 in February 1915. In late 1915, the LS 1 was purchased as surplus by Lloyd for display at the Budapest Military Aircraft Exhibition in 1917. Miraculously, the LS 1 survived the Great War, the post-war strife, and the battle for Budapest in 1944. Restored, it can now be seen at the Transportation Museum in Budapest.
Lloyd 40.01 Specifications
Engine: 145 hp Hiero
Wing: Span Upper 14.00 m (45.93 ft)
Sweepback Upper 8 deg
Sweepback Lower 8 deg
Stagger 0.60 m (1.97 ft)
Total Wing Area 44 sq m (474 sq ft)
General: Length 9.00 m (29.53 ft)
Height 3.00 m (9.84 ft)
Empty Weight 700 kg (1544 lb)
Loaded Weight 1100 kg (2426 lb)
Maximum Speed: 130 km/hr (81 mph)
Lloyd 40.02
The Lloyd Type LS 2 was built by DFW on the lines of the successful DFW MD 14 biplane but powered by a 160 hp Daimler engine. After being demonstrated in Berlin, the Lloyd LS 2 was flown by DFW pilot Max Schuler, with Friedrich Seekatz as passenger, from Berlin to Budapest, with one refueling stop, on 30 June 1914. It was to have continued to Sofia the same day in hopes of obtaining a Bulgarian production order for the new Lloyd company in Aszod, but the threat of war stifled such hopes. The LS 2 was purchased by the LA on 5 September 1914. Beginning in April 1915, it was flown by Flik 6 pilots, among them Julius Arigi, on the rugged Montenegro Front. At this time a 145 hp Hiero engine was installed. The Lloyd LS 2 (also known as the Lloyd Militar Doppeldecker Nr.2 and Ll 2S) was redesignated 40.02 in February 1915. As a result of crankshaft failure on 3 May 1915, the Lloyd Ll 2S (40.02) was forced down and sank in the Bay of Traste (Adriatic). The crew, civilian pilot Heinrich Bill and Oberleutnant Emanuel Mainx, were rescued by the Navy.
Lloyd 40.02 Specifications
Engine: 160 hp Daimler
Wing: Sweepback Upper 7 deg
Sweepback Lower 7 deg
Total Wing Area 40 sq m (431 sq ft)
Lloyd C.I Series 41
Lloyd's first production contract, signed on 29 July 1914 - the day after Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia - called for one prototype and 12 production aircraft based on the record-breaking DFW MD 14 design. Inexplicably, the prototype was designated Lloyd Ll 14 (the number Ll 13 was not used) and the production machines were numbered Lloyd Ll 1 to Ll 12. In early 1915, the designations were changed to Lloyd C.I 41.01 to 41.12 and 41.14 respectively. All were powered by the 145 hp Hiero engine. Unlike the DFW-built LS 1 (40.01) prototype, the Lloyd C.I (Type K.B.3.14) did not use steel-tube construction for the fuselage. Production delivery, scheduled to begin on 19 September 1914 at the rate of two aircraft per week, was greatly delayed due in part to the lack of trained workmen. The last machine was not accepted until August 1915, almost a year behind schedule.
Because Lloyd engineer and test pilot Viktor Wittmann perished in a C.I crash (10 April 1915), the first C.I biplanes at the Front were grounded in May, possibly for modification. The fact that most production machines had plywood panels partially replacing the original fuselage fabric points to possible weakness in that direction.
The Lloyd C.I, a safe and tractable flier, initially performed unarmed reconnaissance duties in the Balkans with Flik 6, on the Isonzo Front with Fliks 2, and 4, in Karnten with Flik 16, and the Tirol with Flik 17. At the time, the C.I was the sole Austro-Hungarian aircraft capable of flying over the mountainous terrain of Montenegro and Italy where an operational altitude of 4000 meters (13,124 ft) was mandatory. In February 1916, the remaining C.I biplanes were withdrawn from combat (except 41.14 at Flik 6 that lasted until June 1916) and modified for use as trainers. Plywood-covered replacement fuselages for eight aircraft were nearing completion in the Lloyd factory in July 1916. Flown by Fleks 3 to 6 and 8, the war-weary C.Is were somewhat unpopular with aircrews. Five trainers, some re-engined with rebuilt 150 hp Daimler engines, were still active in August-September 1917.
Lloyd C.I Series 41 Specifications
Engine: 145 hp Hiero
Wing: Span Upper 14.40 m (47.24 ft)
Span Lower 13.60 m (44.62 ft)
Chord Upper 2.00 m (6.56 ft)
Chord Lower 2.00 m (6.56 ft)
Dihedral Lower 2 deg
Sweepback Upper 8 deg
Sweepback Lower 8 deg
Gap 1.95 m (6.40 ft)
Stagger 0.35 m (1.15 ft)
Total Wing Area 44 sq m (473 sq ft)
General: Length 8.90 m (29.20 ft)
Height 3.15 m (10.33 ft)
Loaded Weight 1250 kg (2756 lb)
Maximum Speed: 115 km/hr (71.5 mph)
Climb: 1000m (3,281 ft) in 6 min
3000m (9,843 ft) in 23 min
Описание:
- P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One
- E.Hauke, W.Schroeder, B.Totschinger Die Flugzeuge der k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe und Seeflieger 1914-1918
- Журнал Flight
Фотографии
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
The DFW “racing military biplane" shown here at the DFW factory is possibly the aircraft that participated in the Third International Flugmeeting as the Lloyd LS 1. For the competition a 145 hp Hiero engine and spinner were installed, possibly at Aszod by DFW workmen.
Другие самолёты на фотографии: DFW Pfeil Doppeldecker - Германия - 1913
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
Officials of the Third International Flugmeeting inspecting the graceful Lloyd LS 1 (No.20) whose elegant design and faired belly radiator (a DFW patent) were praised by the aviation press. The design was closely patterned after the DFW MD 14 biplane.
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
Heinrich Bier, general manager of the Lloyd company, posing with the record-breaking Lloyd LS 1 (40.01) that he flew at the Third International Flugmeeting in June 1914 at Aspern.
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Журнал - Flight за 1915 г.
Three-quarter front view of the Lloyd biplane.
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
The Lloyd 40.01 after restoration by the Transportation Museum in Budapest. The engine is not original, the radiator is missing, and the rudder is enlarged. The wings have been recovered, but according to museum staff, the fuselage retains its original fabric.
Little valid information survives on this Austrian Army Air Service-operated Lloyd C I of early 1914 design origins, other than that it was powered by a 120hp Austro-Daimler and that it set a new altitude record of 21,709 feet on 27 June 1914. Only built in small numbers, the type led to the Lloyd C II through C V series, the workhorses of both the reconnaissance and training units of the Austro-Hungarian Air Service; reconnaissance, in the early years, being the only real function of military aircraft. -
P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
The damaged Lloyd LS 1 at Flik 6 in the spring of 1915. The aircraft carries the early military designation “LL 20 M” and the red-white-red national insignia on the wings and fuselage.
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
The Lloyd Ll 2S (40.02) at Flik 6 in Igalo in April 1915. The triangular fixture below the cockpit is a makeshift machine gun mount. A total of three radiators are installed.
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
The German-built Lloyd Ll 2S (40.02) at Flik 6 in Igalo in April 1915. A gravity fuel tank is mounted above the top wing.
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
Shown with the original fabric-covered fuselage, the Lloyd C.I 41.02 served with Flik 6 at Igalo from March through July 1915. The pilot is Zugsfuhrer Julius Arigi with flight student Oberleutnant Emanuel Mainx, April-May 1915.
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
The triple socket mount, installed as a field modification on the Lloyd C.I 41.03, required the observer to manhandle the 29 pound (13 kg) Schwarzlose M 7/12 machine gun from side to side in combat.
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
Flik 4 on the Isonzo Front flew Lloyd C.I 41.07 in the summer of 1915. The aileron has been replaced. A belt-driven wireless generator can be seen below the nose. The application of the plywood fuselage reinforcement is rather crude and has been finished with rounded strips.
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E.Hauke, W.Schroeder, B.Totschinger - Die Flugzeuge der k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe und Seeflieger 1914-1918
Lloyd C.I 41.07 mit Radioausrüstung bei der Flik 17 in Gardolo, kurz nach dem Start. Sommer 1915
Lloyd C.I 41.07 из Flik 17 с радиооборудованием в Гардоло, на взлете. Лето 1915 г. -
P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
Mechanics testing the engine of the Lloyd C.I 41.10 of Flik 16 on the Seebach airfield near Villach, 4 September 1915. The upper wing markings do not extend across the aileron.
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P.Grosz, G.Haddow, P.Shiemer - Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One /Flying Machines/
The Lloyd C.I 41.14, prototype for the production series, shows the original laced, fabric fuselage to good advantage. A wireless aerial spool projects from the observer’s cockpit and a generator is mounted under the engine hub. Three machine gun pivots have been installed. The aircraft served with Flik 6 between July 1915 and May 1916.
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E.Hauke, W.Schroeder, B.Totschinger - Die Flugzeuge der k.u.k. Luftfahrtruppe und Seeflieger 1914-1918
Lloyd C.I 41.14 mit Radioausrüstung, Dynamoantrieb unter der Luftschraube, die Besatzung bereitet sich auf einen Feindflug vor
Lloyd C.I 41.14 с радиооборудованием, динамо-приводом под винтом, экипаж готовится к боевому вылету -
A.Olejko - Habsburg Wings 1915 /Aeronaut/
The world press in 1912 used the term puffer... In the photo, the Lloyd C.I - from Flik 4 - next to "classic" air bombs and the so-called Veljacic bomb - Italian Front 1916 - Source: Fotoarchiv SAW-KA Wien
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Журнал - Flight за 1915 г.
Three-quarter rear view, from above, of the Lloyd biplane.
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Журнал - Flight за 1915 г.
The Lloyd biplane as seen from below.
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Журнал - Flight за 1915 г.
Plan, front and side elevation to scale of the Lloyd biplane.