Albatros D.XII
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|name=Albatros D.XII
|image= Albatros D.XII.jpg
|caption=
|type=Fighter
|manufacturer=Albatros Flugzeugwerke
|designer=
|first_flight=March 1918
|introduction=
|retired=
|status=retired
|primary_user=Germany
|more_users=
|produced=
|number_built=2
|variants=
}}
The Albatros D.XII was a German single-seat fighter biplane first flown in March 1918. It was the last of the Albatros fighters completed and flown before the end of World War I and had the same slab-sided fuselage seen on the Albatros D.X.
Design and development
The first example of the D.XII used a 134 kW (180 hp) Mercedes D.IIIa engine and had balanced, parallel-chord ailerons. The second, built in April 1918, featured unbalanced, inversely tapered ailerons and Bohme undercarriage with pneumatic shock absorbers. Although it was initially fitted with the Mercedes engine, it was later re-engined with a BMW IIIa producing 138 kW (185 hp). In this form, the D.XII competed in the third Adlershof D-Type Contest in October 1918. No further aircraft were built.
Specifications (D.XII)
{{Aircraft specs
|ref=German Aircraft of the First World War.{{cite book|last=Gray|first=Peter|author2=Owen Thetford|title=German Aircraft of the First World War|publisher=Putnam & Company Ltd.|location=London|year=1970|edition=2nd|isbn=0-370-00103-6}}
|prime units?=met
|crew=1
|length m=5.785
|span m=8.2
|height m=2.8
|wing area sqm=19.84
|empty weight kg=580
|gross weight kg=760
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Mercedes D.III
|eng1 type=6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine
|eng1 hp=160
|eng1 note= (first prototype)
- second prototype - 1x BMW IIIa 6-cyl.water-cooled in-line piston engine developing 138 kW (185hp)
|max speed kmh=180
|endurance=1 hour
|climb rate ms=2.47
|time to altitude={{convert|8,000|m|ft|abbr=on|0}} in 54 minutes
|guns= 2x {{convert|7.92|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} LMG 08/15 machine guns
}}
Notes
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References
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- {{cite book|last=Gray|first=Peter|author2=Owen Thetford|title=German Aircraft of the First World War|publisher=Putnam & Company Ltd.|location=London|year=1970|edition=2nd|isbn=0-370-00103-6}}
- {{cite book|last=Green|first=William|author2=Gordon Swanborough|title=The Complete Book of Fighters|publisher=Smithmark|date=September 1995|edition=1st|isbn=978-0-8317-3939-3}}
{{Albatros aircraft}}
{{Idflieg fighter designations}}
Category:1910s German fighter aircraft