The Albatros D I was a German fighter airplane used during World War I. It was designed by Thelen, Schubert and Gnädig, in an attempt to create an airplane superior to the then-dominant Nieuport 11 (Bébé) and Airco D.H.2. The fighter was ordered in June 1915 and introduced in August 1916. It possessed a semi-monocoque fuselage (an advancement over the fabric-skinned box-type fuselage then in dominant use) and was powered by either a 150hp Benz Bz III or a 160 Hp Mercedes DIII six-cylinder watercooled inline engine. A total of 50 pre-series and series D I aircraft were in service by November 1916. Further production was not undertaken; the design suffered from inferior fields of view forward and above for the pilot. The design was superseded by the Albatros D.II. The Nieuport 11 was designed in response to the Fokker Scourge of 1915. ... The Airco DH.2 was a single-seat biplane pusher aircraft which operated as a fighter during the First World War. ... Monocoque (French for single shell) is a construction technique that uses the external skin of an object to support some or most of the load on the structure. ... The Albatros D.II was a German fighter airplane used during World War I. It was the successor to the Albatros D.I, designed by Thelen, Schubert and Gnädig in an attempt to rectify the D.Is poor visibility. ...

Specifications

General Characteristics

• Crew: one
• Length: 23 ft 3.5 in (7.40 m)
• Wingspan: 27 ft 11.75 in (8.50 m)
• Height: 9 ft 6 3/8 in (2.95m)
• Wing area: 246.50 ft² (22.90 m²)
• Empty: 1,422 lb (645 kg)
• Loaded: 1,809 lb (898 kg)
• Maximum takeoff: lb ( kg)
• Powerplant: 1x 150hp Benz Bz III or 160 Hp Mercedes DIII six cylinder watercooled inline engine

Performance

• Maximum speed: 109 mph ( 175 km/h)
• Endurance: 1.5 hours
• Service ceiling:9,840 ft (3000 m)
• Rate of climb: 6 min to 3,280 ft
• Wing loading: lb/ft² ( kg/m²)
• Power/Mass: hp/lb ( kW/kg)

Armament

• 2x forward-firing 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 machine guns

MG08 with optical sight. ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

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