The Lloyd 40.05 (a.k.a. Type FJ - Flugzeug Jäger - aircraft hunter) was a very unorthodox experimental fighter/reconnaissance biplane produced by Lloyd (Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik AG / Magyar Lloyd Repülőgép és motorgyár Részvény-Társaság) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War.[1]
| Lloyd 40.05 | |
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| Lloyd 40.05 cica 1916. | |
| Role | Fighter / Reconnaissance aircraft |
| National origin | Austria-Hungary |
| Manufacturer | Lloyd (Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik AG / Magyar Lloyd Repülőgép és motorgyár Részvény-Társaság) |
| First flight | January 1916 |
| Retired | 1916 |
| Status | Prototype |
| Primary user | KuKLFT (Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops - Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen or K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen) |
| Number built | 2 |
Specifications (Lloyd 40.05)
editData from Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 (later 1)
- Length: 6.92 m (22 ft 8 in)
- Upper wingspan: 11.17 m (36 ft 8 in)
- Lower wingspan: 10.72 m (35 ft 2 in)
- Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 25 m2 (270 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 752 kg (1,658 lb)
- Gross weight: 962 kg (2,121 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × MAG-Daimler 160hp 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller
Performance
- Range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Armament
- Guns: 1× 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose M.07/12 machine gun in a Type-II VK gun container + 2x 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose M.07/12 machine guns fitted to the upper surface of the lower wings outside the propeller arc.
References
edit- ^ a b "WWI Aviation: Austrian Two-Seaters 1915". wwiaviation.com. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
- ^ Grosz, Peter M.; George Haddow; Peter Scheiner (1993). Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Boulder: Flying Machine Press. pp. 196–198. ISBN 1-891268-05-8.