Gotha G.VII

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name=G.VII


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type=Bomber
national origin=Germany
manufacturer=Gotha
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first flight=avyear|1918
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primary user=Luftstreitkräfte
more users=Ukrainian Air Force, Czechoslovakian Air Force
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number built=ca.20
variants with their own articles=The Gotha G.VII was a bomber aircraft produced in Germany during the final months of World War I. With the strategic bombing campaign effectively over, it was intended to be a high-speed tactical bomber with a secondary reconnaissance capability. It was a conventional two-bay biplane design with tractor-mounted engines, and a conventional empennage with twin fins and rudders. The bombardier's position in the nose of the aircraft that had featured on earlier Gotha designs was removed, and the nose of the aircraft severely truncated and fitted with a streamlined nose-cone. This allowed the engines to be located further inboard than on previous designs, bringing them closer to the aircraft's centreline and therefore minimising the effects of asymmetric thrust in the event of an engine failure. The engine nacelles too featured careful streamlining.

The Idflieg ordered around 250 of these aircraft, 50 from Gotha and 50 from LVG, and 150 from Aviatik. At least some of the LVG and Aviatik machines had been completed before the Armistice, with some reaching operational service. One G.VII survived the war to see brief service with the Ukranian Air Force before being impounded by Czechoslovakia and used by the Czechoslovakian air force for a short time.

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crew=Three
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length m=9.63
length ft=31
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span m=19.27
span ft=63
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height m=3.51
height ft=11
height in=6
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empty weight kg=2,420
empty weight lb=5,340
gross weight kg=3,140
gross weight lb=6,920
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eng1 type=Maybach Mb.IVa
eng1 kw= 180
eng1 hp= 245
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max speed kmh=180
max speed mph=110
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range km=540
range miles=340
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ceiling m=7,000
ceiling ft=23,000
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armament1=1 × fixed, forward-firing MG 08 machine gun
armament2=1 × Parabellum machine gun in dorsal ring mount
armament3=1 × Parabellum machine gun in ventral tunnel
armament4=600 kg (1,320 lb) of bombs
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References

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* [http://www.airwar.ru/enc/bww1/gothagl7.html Уголок неба]