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Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) V-1
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Страна: Германия Год: 1916
Fighter |
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) - Rs.II - 1916 - Германия | <– | –> | Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) - CL.I/CL.II - 1917 - Германия |
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O.Thetford, P.Gray - German Aircraft of the First World War /Putnam/ |
Zeppelin-Lindau (Dornier) V 1 |
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H.Cowin - Aviation Pioneers /Osprey/ |
The sole prototype Zeppelin-Lindau V-1 single seat fighter, completed during the summer of 1916, was not just Claudius Dornier's first attempts at a fighter, but one of his first on any type of aeroplane. Of workmanlike, rather than elegant appearance, the finished product showed the influences of Nieuport's sesquiplane wing layout, in a British-style pusher engined airframe. Using a 160hp Mercedes D III, the V-1, as to be expected of Dornier, employed an all-alloy structure. Sadly, someone had miscalculated the machine's dynamic, or in-flight balance. This was something the company's test pilot, Bruno Schroter, clearly suspected to be the case following his high speed taxying tests and he wanted nothing more to do with the V-1. The man found to make the the aircraft's maiden flight was Oblt Hallen von Hallerstein, a notable military flier, who had only recently completing the test flying of the giant Zeppelin-Staarken VGO III. Tragically, Schroter's prediction concerning the aircraft's tail-heaviness proved correct and on 13 November 1916, following lift-off, the V-1's nose continued to rise until the fighter stalled and fell to earth, von Hallerstein being killed in the crash. |
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Форум - Breguet's Aircraft Challenge /WWW/ |
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W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters |
The Dornier-designed V1 which crashed immediately after taking-off on its first flight. |
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Форум - Breguet's Aircraft Challenge /WWW/ |
This is a copy of the Ubersichtszeichnung of Versuchs-Flugzeug 1. |
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W.Green, G.Swanborough - The Complete Book of Fighters |
The Zeppelin-Lindau V1 single-seat fighter. |