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AGO C.IW / C.IIW

Страна: Германия

Год: 1915

AGO - C.I / C.II - 1915 - Германия<– –>AGO - DV.3 - 1915 - Германия


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Ago C I W
   Virtually a C I mounted on a float chassis, only one machine was handed over to the Navy for assessment. It bore the Naval serial 115. Engine, 150 h.p. Benz Bz III. Span, 14.5 m. (47 ft. 7 in.). Length, 10.4 m. (34 ft. 1 1/2 in.). No other data available.

Ago C II W
   Two examples of the three-bay C II mounted on floats were supplied to the Navy in 1915. Serials 539 (illustrated) and 586. The 220 h.p. Benz IV engine was installed as in the land-plane, although that in 586 was fitted with a four-blade propeller. Span, 18.3 m. (60 ft. 0 5/8 in.). Length, 11.24 m. (36 ft. 10 5/8 in.).


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Ago C.Iw

   The Ago C.Iw used a standard C.I airframe with a robust float undercarriage instead of wheels.
   One airframe, Marine Number 115, was built. Power was from a 150 hp Benz Bz.III, the same engine that powered many standard C.I aircraft, that used the early production side radiators.
   The aircraft was naval category CB, which means an armed two-seater (it had a flexible machine gun in the observer's cockpit) with bombing equipment.
   After evaluation at the SVK test center the C.Iw was assigned to Zeebrugge for operational evaluation and arrived there in July 1915.


Ago C.IIw
  
   The Ago C.IIw was a floatplane adaptation of the three-bay Ago C.II. Engine power was a 200 hp Benz Bz.IV. Only two aircraft, Marine Numbers 539 and 586, were built.


Ago C-Type Specifications
Ago C.I Ago C.Iw Ago C.II Ago C.IIw
   Engine 150 hp Benz Bz.III 150 hp Benz Bz.III 160 hp Mercedes D.III 220 hp Benz Bz.EV
   160 hp Mercedes D.III
   160 hp Maybach Mb.III
   Span, Upper 15.1 m 15.1 14.50 m (or 18.30 m) 18.3 m
   Span, Lower 14.34 m 14.34 m - -
   Chord, Upper 1.70 m 1.70 m - -
   Chord, Lower 1.70 m 1.70 m - -
   Gap 1.74 m 1.74 m - -
   Wing Area 47.6 m2 47.6 m2 - -
   Length 9.30 m 9.30 m 9.84 m 11.24 m
   Height 3.10 m - - -
   Empty Weight 960 kg 845 kg 1360 kg -
   Loaded Weight 1,495 kg 1,405 kg 1,946 kg -
   Maximum Speed 130 km/h 130 km/h 137 km/h -
   Climb to 1,000 m 9.5 min. - - -
   Climb to 2,000 m 24 min. - - -
   Climb to 3,000 m 45 min. - - -

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Ago C.Iw #115 at Zeebrugge, Summer 1915.
J.Herris - Otto, AGO and BFW Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (37)
Ago C.Iw (MN 115) was a C.I with floats instead of wheels attached via a robust assembly of struts. One aircraft, MN 115, was built and eventually assigned to Zeebrugge. Power was a 150 hp Benz Bz.III.
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Ago C.Iw (MN 115) on a railway flatcar in front of Hangar 3 on the mole at Zeebrugge. The tail booms are made of a light birchwood veneer and only appear dark in the photo due to the film used. (M. Szigeti)
J.Herris - Otto, AGO and BFW Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (37)
J.Herris - Otto, AGO and BFW Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (37)
Ago C.Iw (MN 115) takes off from Zeebrugge's inner mole.
J.Herris - Otto, AGO and BFW Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (37)
The Ago C.IIw was developed from the Ago C.II. The additional wing area was needed to provide the lift needed to take-off from the water due to the extra weight of the floats and the greater friction of the water. (Peter M. Grosz Collection/STDB)
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Ago C II W
J.Herris - Otto, AGO and BFW Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (37)
Ago C.IIw MN 539 was the first of two aircraft built. Several men in the original photograph have been crudely erased. (Peter M. Grosz Collection/STDB)
J.Herris - Otto, AGO and BFW Aircraft of WWI /Centennial Perspective/ (37)
Ago C.IIw MN 586 was the second of two aircraft built. (Peter M. Grosz Collection/STDB)