Hansa-Brandenburg CC

infobox Aircraft
name = CC
type = Fighter flying boat
manufacturer = Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeug-Werke


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variants with their own articles = The Hansa-Brandenburg CC was a single-seat German fighter flying boat of the First World War. It was used by both the Imperial German Navy and the Austro-Hungarian Navy.

Development and design

The Hansa-Brandenburg CC (where the designation CC came from the initials of the financier of the Hansa Brandenburg works, Camillo Castiglioni) was designed by Ernst Heinkel during 1916 for use by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. It was a single engined, single seater flying boat, with a pusher engine mounted between the wings. It had single-bay wings, with the unusual "Star-Strutter" arrangement of bracing struts (where four Vee struts joined in the centre of the wing bay to result in a "star" arrangement) shared with the Hansa-Brandenburg D.I and the KDW.

The CC was purchased both by Austro-Hungary and the Imperial German Navy. The Austro-Hungarian aircraft were powered by 119 kW (160 hp) Austro-Daimler or 134 kW (180 hp) Hiero engines and armed by a single 8-mm Schwarzlose machine gun. The German aircraft were powered by 112 kW (150 hp) Benz Bz.III engines and armed with one or two lMG 08/15 machine guns. Green and Swanborough 1994, p.83.]

One example was modified as a triplane and delivered to Austro-Hungary in 1917, while a second aircraft was modified with sponsons replacing the outrigger floats in support of the development process for the Staaken Rs IV.

Operational history

Austro-Hungary received 37 Hansa Brandenburg CCs, using them to provide air defence for ports and naval bases along the Adriatic sea coast. [ [http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Hansa-Brandenburg-CC/info/info.htm Hansa Brandenburg CC] "Fiddlersgreen.net". Retrieved 01 March 2008.]

Germany received 36 aircraft from February 1917. They were temporarily grounded in July of that year because of severe vibration, being modified with additional interplane bracing struts.

Operators

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*"Kaiserliche und Königliche Kriegsmarine";flag|German Empire
*"Kaiserliche Marine"

pecifications (CC)

aircraft specifications

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ref="The Complete Book of Fighters" Green and Swanborough 1994, p.84.]

crew=One
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length main= 7.69 m
length alt= 25 ft 2¾ in
span main= 9.30 m
span alt= 30 ft 6⅛ in
height main= 3.57 m
height alt= 11 ft 8½ in
area main= 26.5 m²
area alt= 285 ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= 800 kg
empty weight alt= 1,764 lb
loaded weight main= 1,080 kg
loaded weight alt= 2,381 lb
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engine (prop)= Benz Bz.III
type of prop= water cooler six-cyliner inline engine
number of props=1
power main= 112 kW
power alt= 150 hp
power original=

max speed main= 175 km/h
max speed alt= 95 knots, 109 mph
cruise speed main=
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range main= 500 km
range alt= 270 NM, 310 mi
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loading main= 40.8 kg/m²
loading alt= 8.35 lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main= 0.10 kW/kg
power/mass alt= 0.063 hp/lb
more performance=
*Climb to 1,000 m (3,280 ft):4.8 min

armament=One 8 mm Schwarzlose (Austro-Hungary) "or" one or two lMG 08/15 machine guns

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References

Notes

Bibliography

*Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. "German Aircraft of the First World War". London: Putnam, 1962
*Green, William and Swanborough, Gordon. "The Complete Book of Fighters". New York: Smithmark, 1994. ISBN 0-8317-3939-8.

External links

* [http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/AC/aircraft/Hansa-Brandenburg-CC/info/info.htm Hansa Brandenburg CC]
* [http://www.luftfahrtgeschichte.com/ccw18.htm Hansa-Brandenburg CC und W.18]