AGO C.I

The built of the AGO Flugzeugwerke biplane AGO CI, C.II and C. III were reconnaissance aircraft of the German Air Force in World War I with pusher propeller drive.

Development

The Swiss designer AGO CI (factory designation DH6 ) August Haefeli had crew and engine with H. & Z.- side radiator housed together in a gondola. Right and left this gondola carrying two tall, slim tubes with oval cross-section, to the four chassis set, the tail fin. The brace was dreistielig. The observer sat in front of the pilot and had a gun.

A machine has been delivered under the name AGO C.Iw for coastal patrols to the Imperial Navy.

The end of 1915 replaced the C.II (factory designation DH7 ) the CI Except for minor changes in the design principle of C.II remained the same. Modifications related to the engine, which was now cooled by a cooler wing, also some aerodynamic improvements had been made. The brace was dreistielig.

Also from the C.II some machines were built with increased wing span and wing area, to deliver them under the name AGO C.IIw with either chassis or with floats to the Imperial Navy.

Followed also in small numbers as the last model the same type of construction the AGO C. III as a smaller version of the C.II. In some specimens was also dispensed with the nose wheels.

Use

The CI was delivered in June 1915 in limited numbers to the field air squadrons on the Western Front, followed in the summer by the C.II. This had a great range and remained as it was popular as a fast and agile in the pilot, to the year 1917 in use.

In addition to the Otto C types AGO CI - III were the only two-seater pusher propeller that came on the German side for use - in contrast to the Allies, the large number of aircraft used this design principle. The company Euler and swath had been completed in 1914 experimented with MG- reinforced pressure propeller airplanes that were equipped as fighter aircraft with a forward facing MG. The swath CI with steel gondola and the two Euler -role combat aircraft ( a single-seat version with a and a two-seat version with two MG) but were not used. Thus, the AGO - C grades mid- 1915 the only two-seat reconnaissance aircraft on the German side with forward acting so aggressively einsetzbarem MG were.

Specifications AGO C.I III

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