The C.XIII was built along the lines of the single seat Albatros D.Va but was a two-seater, larger by about 10% in span and by 6% in length. It was intended to fall into the newer Idflieg two seat CL-class, reserved for lighter two-seat fighters.[1]
The round cross section, plywood-covered fuselage was, apart from the second, tandem open cockpit similar in appearance to that of the D.Va, smoothly tapering to the nose with lines that merged into those of the spinner. As with the single-seater, the inline Mercedes D.III engine was largely enclosed but had its six upper cylinders exposed. The C.XIII was fitted with an early 160 hp (119 kW) unit, less powerful than the D.Va's. The empennage was noticeably different, with a narrower, taller vertical tail. Its straight, constant-chord wings had single bays and were mounted without stagger. The undercarriage was of the fixed type, with mainwheels on V-struts and a faired-in tailskid.[1]
First flown in 1917, only one C.XIII was built and the type did not enter production; instead Albatros built the flat-sided, two-bay, more powerful C.XIV the following year for the light two-seat category, developing it into the production C.XV.[1]
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albatros, xiii, german, seat, single, engine, biplane, light, fighter, aircraft, built, 1917, only, constructed, xiii, role, seat, fighter, aircraft, national, origin, germany, manufacturer, albatros, flugzeugwerke, first, flight, 1917, number, built, contents. The Albatros C XIII was a German two seat single engine biplane light fighter aircraft built in 1917 Only one was constructed C XIII Role 2 seat fighter aircraft National origin Germany Manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke First flight 1917 Number built 1 Contents 1 Design and development 2 Specifications 3 See also 4 ReferencesDesign and development editThe C XIII was built along the lines of the single seat Albatros D Va but was a two seater larger by about 10 in span and by 6 in length It was intended to fall into the newer Idflieg two seat CL class reserved for lighter two seat fighters 1 The round cross section plywood covered fuselage was apart from the second tandem open cockpit similar in appearance to that of the D Va smoothly tapering to the nose with lines that merged into those of the spinner As with the single seater the inline Mercedes D III engine was largely enclosed but had its six upper cylinders exposed The C XIII was fitted with an early 160 hp 119 kW unit less powerful than the D Va s The empennage was noticeably different with a narrower taller vertical tail Its straight constant chord wings had single bays and were mounted without stagger The undercarriage was of the fixed type with mainwheels on V struts and a faired in tailskid 1 First flown in 1917 only one C XIII was built and the type did not enter production instead Albatros built the flat sided two bay more powerful C XIV the following year for the light two seat category developing it into the production C XV 1 Specifications editData from German Aircraft of World War I 1 General characteristicsCrew Two Length 7 8 m 25 ft 7 in Wingspan 10 0 m 32 ft 10 in Height 2 71 m 8 ft 11 in Empty weight 700 kg 1 543 lb Gross weight 1 060 kg 2 337 lb Powerplant 1 Mercedes D III 6 cylinder water cooled inline 120 kW 160 hp Propellers 2 bladed Performance Maximum speed 165 km h 103 mph 89 kn Endurance 2 5 hr Time to altitude 47 min to 5 000 m 16 400 ft Armament Guns 1 Spandau machine gun and 1 Parabellum MG14 machine gunSee also editRelated development Albatros D VReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Albatros C XIII a b c d Gray Peter Thetford Owen 1970 German Aircraft of the First World War London Putnam p 258 ISBN 0 85177 809 7 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Albatros C XIII amp oldid 1097662684, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
