AGO C.IV

C.IV
Role Reconnaissance
Manufacturer AGO Flugzeugwerke
Introduction 1916[1]
Primary user Germany
Number built c. 70-100 (260 ordered)[1]


Late production AGO C.IV on trestle

The AGO C.IV was a First World War German biplane reconnaissance aircraft.

Development

A departure from the manufacturer's pod-and-boom designs, it featured a more conventional biplane layout whose only unusual feature was the tapered wings. Large orders were placed with AGO and two other manufacturers who were to build them under licence, but less than 100 were actually delivered.[1] Although fast and well-armed, the C.IV was unstable in the air and was disliked by aircrew.[1] Early production examples had a comma shaped rudder and no fin, while later later aircraft had an additional curved fin, along with additional struts bracing the ailerons and tail.

Operators

 Estonia
 German Empire

Specifications

Data from German Aircraft of the First World War[1]

General characteristics

Performance

Armament

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam & Company Ltd. pp. 13–16. ISBN 0 370 00103 6.
  2. Gerdessen 1982, p.76

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