SAFW Albatros D.II Specifications
| Manufacturer: | Südafrikanische Flugzeug Werke |
| Type: | Fighter |
| Engine: | MTU* VJ6 II, 160 hp 6-cylinder water-cooled inline engine |
| Wing Span: | 27 ft 10 ¾ in [8.5 m] |
| Length: | 24 ft 3 in [7.4 m] |
| Height: | 8 ft 6 ½ in [2.95 m] |
| Empty Weight: | 637 kg (1,404 lb) |
| Gross Weight: | 1,954 lbs [888 kg] |
| Max Speed: | 109 mph [175 km/h] |
| Ceiling: | 17,060 ft [5,200 m] |
| Endurance: | 1.5 hours |
| Crew: | 1 |
| Armament: | 2 machine guns |
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Annotations
*Motoren und Turbinenunion, Suid-Afrika
(fist flown January 1917 OTL just barley out the 1916 range should be fine with slightly reduced performance)
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 |
|
| Speed | 155 km/h (97 mph) |
| Range | 310 km (193 miles) in 2 hours** |
| Servie ceiling | 4000 m |
|
| 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)