While searching for usable aircraft I realized that most planes I knew as typical "WW1" did enter service in 1917/18 and therefore unusable under the 1913/1916 tech.
I hope that my choice for a single engine ground attack aircraft (fist flown January 1917 OTL) is acceptable.
May I present the Junkers Africa JuA-4 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Junkers_J.I)
Technical specification:
| | single engine, armored all-metal ground-attack sesquiplane |
| Crew | 2 |
| Length | 9.1 m |
| Wingspan | 16 m |
| Height | 3.4 m |
| Powerplant | MTU* VB6 II, 200 hp 6-cylinder water-cooled inline engine |
| Empty weight | 1766 kg |
| maximum take-off weight | 2176 kg |
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| Speed | 155 km/h (97 mph) |
| Range | 310 km (193 miles) in 2 hours** |
| Servie ceiling | 4000 m |
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| Armament | 2 forward-fireing MG |
| | 1 trainable rearward-fireing MG |
| | 50 kg bombs |
Pictures:
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/Junkers_JI.jpg/250px-Junkers_JI.jpg)(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/66/E04146JonesAFC.jpg/180px-E04146JonesAFC.jpg)(http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/p59.jpg)
Also interesting: http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/ch2-4.htm
Annotations
*Motoren und Turbinenunion, Suid-Afrika
** see here (http://www.hq.nasa.gov/pao/History/SP-468/ch2-4.htm)
QuoteWhile searching for usable aircraft I realized that most planes I knew as typical "WW1" did enter service in 1917/18 and therefore unusable under the 1913/1916 tech.
So why not look at the planes that were available in 1914-1916? Personally, I enjoyed it a lot looking through the variety of planes of the first half of WW1 that I've never seen. :)
Also, it surprises me that you jump straight to this one while Orange would have several other types of planes before this one which I'd like to see as well (at least I assume that there are others). :)