LVG C.VI

Infobox Aircraft
name=LVG C.VI


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type=Reconnaissance aircraft
manufacturer=Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft G.m.b.H.
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first flight=1917
introduced=1918
retired=
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primary user="Luftstreitkräfte"
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produced=1918
number built=1,100cite book |last= Holmes |first= Tony |title=Jane's Vintage Aircraft Recognition Guide |year=2005 |publisher=Harper Collins |location=London |isbn = 0 0071 9292 4 |pages= 33]

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developed from=LVG C.V
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LVG C.VI was a German twin-seat reconnaissance aircraft used during the First World War. __NOTOC__

Development

The aircraft was designed by Willy Sabersky-Müssigbrodt and developed by Luft-Verkehrs-Gesellschaft (LVG) in 1917. The C.VI was a further development of the C.V, which Sabersky-Müssigbrodt had made for his former employer DFW. It was lighter, smaller and aerodynamically refined, although its fuselage seemed more bulky. It was a biplane of mixed, mostly wooden construction. It featured a semi-monocoque fuselage, plywood covered. Rectangular wings of wooden and metal construction, canvas covered. Upper wing of slightly greater span, shifted some 25 cm towards front. Vertical fin plywood covered, rudder and elevators of metal frame canvas covered, stabilizers of wooden frame canvas covered. Straight uncovered engine in a fuselage nose, with a chimney-like exhaust pipe. Two-blade Benz wooden propeller, 2.88 m diameter. Flat water radiator in central section of upper wing. Fixed conventional landing gear, with a straight common axle and a rear skid. A total of 1,100 aircraft of the type were manufactured.

Operational service

Most LVG C.VIs were used by the German military aviation in last operations of World War I, mostly on Western Front, for close reconnaissance and observation.

After the war, "Deutsche Luft-Reederei" (DLR) used several C.VIs to provide mail and passenger transport service. The Polish Air Force used several aircraft during Polish-Soviet war (the first was left by the Germans, another completed from parts in 1920 and several bought abroad). "Suomen ilmailuliikenne Oy" purchased two C.VIs from a Swedish airline in 1923. The company filed bankruptcy in 1922, but would be a predecessor to Aero O/Y, i.e. Finnair. The Finnish Air Force purchased two aircraft. One was destroyed in a spin in Santahamina in 1923. The other was used until the end of 1924. Several (at least 8) were used by Lithuania, two last ones survived until 1940. Three were used in Czechoslovakia, two in Switzerland (1920-1929), several in the USSR.

Operators

;CZS;FIN
* "Suomen ilmailuliikenne Oy";flag|German Empire
*"Luftstreitkräfte";LTU;POL
* Polish Air Force;USSR;CHE

pecifications (C.VI)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Thulinista Hornettiin

crew=2: pilot, observer
capacity=
length main=7.45 m
length alt= 24 ft 5 in
span main=13.00 m
span alt= 42 ft 8 in
height main=2.85 m
height alt= 9 ft 4 in
area main= 37 m²
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empty weight main= 945 kg
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max takeoff weight main=1,390 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 3060 lb
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engine (prop)=Benz Bz.IV
type of prop=6-cylinder, water-cooled, straight engine
number of props=1
power main=147 kW
power alt=200 hp
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max speed main=170 km/h
max speed alt= 92 knots, 103 mph
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range main=400 km
range alt= 216 nm, 242 mi
ceiling main=6,500 m
ceiling alt= 21300 ft
climb rate main=2.78 m/s
climb rate alt= 550 ft/min
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armament=
* 1 × 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 fixed with an interruptor gear
*1 x 7.92 mm Parabellum MG14 machine gun on a ring mounting
* 90 kg (200 lb) of bombs

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References

ources

*Heinonen, Timo: "Thulinista Hornetiin - Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseon julkaisuja 3", Keski-Suomen ilmailumuseo, 1992, ISBN 951-95688-2-4
*Krzysztof Chołoniewski, Wiesław Bączkowski: "Samoloty wojskowe obcych konstrukcji 1918-1939. Tomik 2" (Barwa w lotnictwie polskim no.7), WKiŁ, Warsaw 1987, ISBN 83-206-0728-0 (Polish language)

ee also

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related=
*LVG C.V
similar aircraft=
*DFW C.V - Albatros C.XII

lists=
* List of military aircraft of Germany
* List of aircraft of the Finnish Air Force

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