Aviatik D.VII
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| name = Aviatik D.VII | image =Aviatik D.VII-1.jpg | caption = A left-front oblique view of the Aviatik D.VII }}{{Infobox aircraft type |type = Experimental single-seat biplane fighter |national origin = Germany |manufacturer = Aviatik |first flight = 1918 |introduced = |status = |primary user = |number built = 1 (+ 50) |developed from = Aviatik D.VI }} |
The Aviatik D.VII was a prototype German single-seat biplane fighter aircraft built by {{lang|de|Aviatik}} in the last year of the First World War. It could not participate in the Third Fighter Competition of October 1918 because it used the wrong engine and it saw no military service, although 50 aircraft were found in storage after the war. The only real major change from the earlier Aviatik D.VI was a completely new tail structure.
Specifications
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|ref=The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Built and FlownGreen & Swanborough, p. 41
|prime units?=met
|genhide=
|crew= 1
|length m= 6.10
|span m= 9.66
|height m= 2.50
|empty weight kg= 745
|max takeoff weight kg= 945
|eng1 number= 1
|eng1 name=liquid-cooled Benz Bz.IIIbm geared V-8 engine
|eng1 hp=195
|max speed kmh= 192
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=fixed-pitch propeller
|endurance={{c.}} 1 hourGray & Thetford, p. 287
|time to altitude=24 minutes to {{cvt|6000|m}}
|armament=2 × fixed, synchronised {{convert|7.92|mm|in|abbr=on|3}} LMG 08/15 "Spandau" machine guns
}}
References
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Bibliography
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- {{cite book|author1-last=Gray|author1-first=Peter|title=German Aircraft of the First World War|orig-year=1970|year=1987 |publisher=Putnam |location=London |isbn=0-85177-809-7|edition=2nd|author2-first=Owen|author2-last=Thetford|name-list-style=amp}}
- {{cite book |author1-last= Green|author1-first= William |author2-last=Swanborough|author2-first=Gordon |title= The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Built and Flown |orig-year= 1994 |publisher= Salamander Books |location=London |isbn=1-84065-269-1|name-list-style=amp|year=2001 |edition=Revised and Updated}}
- {{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=Aviatik Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes |date=2023 |isbn=978-1-953201-59-1 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p. |series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=10|edition=2nd}}
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