Daimler L14
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| name=Daimler L14 | image=Daimler L14.jpg | caption= }}{{Infobox Aircraft Type | type=Fighter | national origin=Germany | manufacturer=Daimler | designer=Hans Klemm | first flight=1919 | introduced= | retired= | status= | primary user= | number built=1 | developed from=Daimler L11 | variants with their own articles= }} |
The Daimler L14 was a two-seat, high-wing, monoplane fighter built in 1919. It was built as a two-person, aerodynamically improved version of the Daimler L11 aircraft. It was powered by the Daimler D.IIIb water-cooled V-8 engine and was armed with two {{cvt|7.92|mm|3}} machine guns, one forward and one rearward firing. One prototype was built. The L14V, an unbuilt mail carrier variant was offered for sale to Chile but no orders followed.
Specifications (L14)
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|empty weight kg=870
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|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Daimler D.IIIb
|eng1 type=water-cooled V-8 engine
|eng1 hp=185
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|prop blade number=2
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|range km=700
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|guns= 2 × {{cvt|7.92|mm|3}} machine guns
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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=German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes |date=2020 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p. |isbn=978-1-935881-85-8|volume=1: Alter to Korn|series=Gret War Aviation Centennial Series (49)}}
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