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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Albatros D.Va canonical 3

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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
material fabric-covered wings ⓘ
wood ⓘ
maximumSpeed about 187 km/h ⓘ
notableUser Ernst Udet ⓘ
Hermann Göring ⓘ
Manfred von Richthofen ⓘ
numberBuilt over 1600 ⓘ
operator Austro-Hungarian Aviation Troops ⓘ
Luftstreitkräfte ⓘ
powerplantCount 1 ⓘ
predecessor Albatros D.V ⓘ
primaryUser German Empire ⓘ
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 ⓘ
tailConfiguration conventional tailplane ⓘ
usedBy Luftstreitkräfte ⓘ
usedInConflict World War I ⓘ
wingspan 9.05 m ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Albatros D.V → derivative → Albatros D.Va ⓘ
Mercedes D.III → application → Albatros D.Va ⓘ