Aviatik D.V
{{Short description|Prototype German fighter plane of 1918 }}
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The Aviatik D.V was a prototype fighter aircraft built in Germany in 1918 but which was not selected for production.Herries 2014, p.63The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft 1981, p.376
Today, little is known of this one-off prototype, and no photographs are known to exist
Design
Unlike the Aviatik D.IV, which was developed from the firm's D.III, the D.V was an all-new design. Like other Aviatik D-types, it was a single-bay biplane, but unlike them, it featured a wing cellule that was braced by struts only, without any bracing wires.
Like the D.IV, it was powered by the Benz Bz.IIIbv geared V8 engine. This was a larger displacement and more powerful version of the two Bz.IIIb subtypes that had been fitted to the D.III prototypes. None of these engines were mature yet.
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Notes
=References=
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=Bibliography=
- {{cite book |last=Herris |first=Jack |title=Aviatik Aircraft of WWI |date=2014 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=Reno }}
- {{cite book |title=The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft |publisher=Aerospace Publishing|location=London |year=1981 }}
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