Albatros D.Va

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The Albatros D.Va was a late-World War I German single-seat fighter biplane used by the Luftstreitkräfte, known for its streamlined wooden monocoque fuselage and service with notable aces despite structural weaknesses.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf World War I aircraft
biplane
fighter aircraft
single-seat aircraft
aircraftRole fighter
armament twin 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 Spandau machine guns
armamentType fixed forward-firing machine guns
combatRole air superiority fighter
configuration biplane
countryOfOrigin German Empire NERFINISHED
crew 1
designFeature plywood-skinned monocoque fuselage
sesquiplane wing layout
streamlined fuselage
emptyWeight about 687 kg
engineConfiguration liquid-cooled inline engine
engineType Mercedes D.IIIa inline engine
era late World War I
firstFlight 1917
fuselageType wooden monocoque fuselage
grossWeight about 937 kg
height 2.70 m
introduced 1917
landingGear fixed tailskid landing gear
length 7.33 m
manufacturer Albatros Flugzeugwerke NERFINISHED
material fabric-covered wings
wood
maximumSpeed about 187 km/h
notableUser Ernst Udet NERFINISHED
Hermann Göring NERFINISHED
Manfred von Richthofen NERFINISHED
numberBuilt over 1600
operator Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops NERFINISHED
Luftstreitkräfte NERFINISHED
powerplantCount 1
predecessor Albatros D.V NERFINISHED
primaryUser German Empire NERFINISHED
productionPeriod 1917–1918
propulsion single propeller
range about 300 km
serviceCeiling about 5500 m
structuralIssue lower wing structural weakness
wing spar failures in high-speed dives
successor Fokker D.VII NERFINISHED
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane
usedBy Luftstreitkräfte NERFINISHED
usedInConflict World War I
wingspan 9.05 m

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Albatros D.V derivative Albatros D.Va