AEG C.IV

infobox Aircraft
name =AEG C.IV
type =Reconnaissance aircraft
manufacturer =Allgemeine Elektrizitäts-Gesellschaft

---

caption =
designer =
first flight =
introduced =1916
retired =
status =
primary user ="Luftstreitkräfte"
more users =
produced =
number built =
unit cost =
variants with their own articles =

The AEG C.IV was a German two-seat biplane reconnaissance aircraft that entered service in 1916. The C.IV was based on the C.II, but featured a larger wingspan and an additional forward-firing Spandau-type machine gun. In addition to reconnaissance duties, the C.IV was used as a bomber escort, despite proving itself inadequately powered for the role. Nevertheless, the C.IV was easily the most successful of AEG's World War I B- and C-type reconnaissance aircraft, with some 400 being built and remaining in service right up to the end of the war.

A variant, the C.IV.N was designed specifically as a prototype night bomber in 1917, with the Benz Bz.III engine used in other C-types and a lengthened wingspan. Another variant, the C.IVa, was powered by a 134 kW (180 hp) Argus engine.

C.IV aircraft saw service with the Bulgarian Air Force and the Turkish Flying Corps.

Operators

*flag|German Empire
*flag|Bulgaria
*flag|Turkey
*flag|Poland (2 aircraft operated post-war)

pecifications (AEG C.IV)

aircraft specifications
plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop
ref= [cite book |last= Sharpe |first= Michael |title=Biplanes, Triplanes, an Seaplanes |year=2000 |publisher=Friedman/Fairfax Books |location=London |pages= 14]

crew=two, pilot and observer
capacity=
payload main=
payload alt=
length main= 7.15 m
length alt= 23 ft 5.25 in
span main= 13.46 m
span alt= 44 ft 2 in
height main= 3.35 m
height alt= 11 ft
area main= 39 m²
area alt= 420 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 802 kg
empty weight alt= 1,764 lb
loaded weight main= 1,120 kg
loaded weight alt= 2,469 lb
useful load main=
useful load alt=
max takeoff weight main= 1,120 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 2,469 lb
more general=
engine (prop)= Mercedes D.III
type of prop=water-cooled in-line engine
number of props=1
power main= 119 kW
power alt= 160 hp
power original=
max speed main=158 km/h
max speed alt= 98 mph
cruise speed main=
cruise speed alt=
stall speed main=
stall speed alt=
never exceed speed main=
never exceed speed alt=
range main= 450 km
range alt=280 miles
ceiling main= 5,000 m
ceiling alt= 16,400 ft
climb rate main=
climb rate alt=
loading main=
loading alt=
thrust/weight=
power/mass main=
power/mass alt=
more performance=
* Endurance: 3 hours
armament=
* 1 × forward-firing 7.92mm "Spandau" LMG 08/15 machine gun
* 1 × 7.92 mm Parabellum MG14 machine gun in ring mount for observer
* Bomb load up to 100kb (220lb)
avionics=

See also

aircontent
related=
AEG C.II -
AEG J.I

similar aircraft=

lists=

see also=

Reference