Описание
Страна: Германия
Год: 1915
В.Обухович, А.Никифоров Самолеты Первой Мировой войны
Вариант С III имел высокий фюзеляж, что дало возможность вести огонь вперед из задней кабины над верхним крылом, вне плоскости, образуемой воздушным винтом.
Описание:
- В.Обухович, А.Никифоров Самолеты Первой Мировой войны
- O.Thetford, P.Gray German Aircraft of the First World War (Putnam)
- J.Herris AEG Aircraft of WWI (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 16)
- M.Dusing German Aviation Industry in WWI. Volume 1 (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 84)
Фотографии
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J.Herris - AEG Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (16)
Like the earlier C.I and C.II, the AEG C.III was powered by a 150 hp Benz Bz.III. (The Peter M. Bowers Collection/The Museum of Flight)
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J.Herris - AEG Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (16)
The C.III was designed for a more offensive role than the C.I or C.II and the observer with his flexible gun was in the front cockpit, giving him a good field of fire, but it was not synchronized so could not safely fire through the propeller arc.
The AEG C.III was a prototype powered by a 150 hp Benz Bz.III. It was probably inspired by the Roland C.II, which appeared two months earlier. The AEG C.III had a somewhat similar side profile but a rectangular cross section. The observer/gunner sat in the front cockpit with a flexible machine gun; the gun was not synchronized so the propeller obscured a wide arc of fire. Similar in design to the Germania DB, it may have been intended as a two-seat fighter the the Germania prototype. The wing cellule was a typical 2-bay design. It remained a prototype.