UFAG 60.03

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C.II / 60.03
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Austro-Hungarian Empire
Manufacturer Ufag
Designer Béla Oravecz
First flight July or August 1918
Number built 1
Developed from Brandenburg C.I(U)

The Ufag 60.03, prototype for proposed production as the Ufag C.II, was a reconnaissance aircraft of the Austro-Hungarian air forces (Luftstreitskrafte), in the First World War.[1] The C.II fared well in the 1918 C-class trials and production was planned but abandoned with the armistice in November 1918. The sole Ufag 60.03 was offered for sale to the Czecho-Slovakian government in 1920.[1]

Specifications (60.03)[edit]

Data from Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Upper wingspan: 10.3 m (33 ft 10 in)
  • Lower wingspan: 9.74 m (31 ft 11 in)
  • Wing area: 28.64 m2 (308.3 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 750 kg (1,653 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Hiero 6 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

  • Time to altitude:
  • 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 4 minutes 45 seconds
  • 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 10 minutes 53 seconds
  • 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 20 minutes 46 seconds
  • 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 31 minutes 14 seconds

Armament

  • provision for fixed and flexibly mounted guns as well as light bombs

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Grosz, Peter M. (2002). Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Colorado: Flying Machine Press. pp. 265–267.