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LFG Roland D.XVI/D.XVII
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Страна: Германия Год: 1918
Fighter |
LFG Roland - D.XIII/D.XV - 1918 - Германия | <– | –> | LFG Roland - Stralsund V 19 - 1918 - Германия |
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O.Thetford, P.Gray - German Aircraft of the First World War /Putnam/ |
L.F.G. Roland D XVI (first version) |
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H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/ |
Little in the way of hard fact appears to have survived concerning the pair of parasol-winged LFG Roland D XVIs of mid-1918, other than that they were powered by the 160hp Siemens-Halske Sh III or 170hp Goebels rotaries. Both were entered for the third of the 1918 fighter trials, held in October. This is the first example, the second machine having a taller fin and rudder. |
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R.Kosin - The German Fighter since 1915 /Putnam/ |
Second to last Roland fighter was the experimental Type D.XVI. (160 h.p. eleven-cylinder Siemens-Halske Sh III engine.)
A Siemens-Halske Sh III engine distinguished the second of the two D XVI fighter prototypes. |
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J.Herris - Development of German Warplanes in WWI /Centennial Perspective/ |
The Roland D.XVI powered by the 160 hp Sh.III was a competitor at the Third Fighter Competition. By late 1918 the monoplane configuration was common for German fighters for greater speed through lower drag. |
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O.Thetford, P.Gray - German Aircraft of the First World War /Putnam/ |
L.F.G. Roland D XVI (second version) |
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W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters |
Last of the Roland single-seat fighters, the D XVII was flown just before the end of World War I. |
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Jane's All The World Aircraft 1919 /Jane's/ |
A Roland Type D.XVII Single-seater "Wireless" Monoplane. (185 h.p. B.M.W. engine.) |
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H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/ |
The last of a long line of LFG Roland fighters, their D XVII single seater was fitted with a 185hp BMW IIIa. Little reliable data survives on this machine, which is reported to have taken part in the second of the 1918 fighter trials. Note the position of the radiator, mounted to project forward of the wing centre section leading edge. This allowed the engine to be more smoothly cowled, but whether the radiator's position encroached upon the all-important fighter need for excellent forward pilot visibility is difficult to judge from this image. |
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O.Thetford, P.Gray - German Aircraft of the First World War /Putnam/ |
L.F.G. Roland D XVII |
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W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters |
Second prototype of the D XVI fighter. |