Specifications
Year: 1917
Status: Cancelled
Manufacturer(s): Kondor Flugzeugwerke - German Empire
Production: 1
Capabilities: Fighter; X-Plane;
Status: Cancelled
Manufacturer(s): Kondor Flugzeugwerke - German Empire
Production: 1
Capabilities: Fighter; X-Plane;
Crew: 1
Length: 18.04 ft (5.5 m)
Width: 22.97 ft (7 m)
Height: 9.68 ft (2.95 m)
Weight (Empty): 882 lb (400 kg)
Weight (MTOW): 1,213 lb (550 kg)
Length: 18.04 ft (5.5 m)
Width: 22.97 ft (7 m)
Height: 9.68 ft (2.95 m)
Weight (Empty): 882 lb (400 kg)
Weight (MTOW): 1,213 lb (550 kg)
Power: 1 x Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder liquid-cooled geared engine developing 160 horsepower and driving a two-bladed propeller at the nose.
Speed: 96 mph (155 kph; 84 kts)
Ceiling: 18,045 feet (5,500 m; 3.42 miles)
Range: 155 miles (250 km; 135 nm)
Rate-of-Climb: 800 ft/min (244 m/min)
Ceiling: 18,045 feet (5,500 m; 3.42 miles)
Range: 155 miles (250 km; 135 nm)
Rate-of-Climb: 800 ft/min (244 m/min)
Operators: German Empire (cancelled)
In prototype form, this aircraft recorded a first-flight during October 1917. However, the design underperformed with its original engine (unknown make and model) and was re-engined with a Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder liquid-cooled powerplant of 160 horsepower output (this still driving a two-bladed propeller at the nose). In this form, the triplane did no better for excessive vibrations, unable to be overcome, ultimately doomed the project to the single prototype.
The Kondor D.1, a more conventionally-arranged biplane fighter design, was being developed at the same time but even this model appears to have fared no better.
Armament
PROPOSED:
2 x 7.92mm machine guns over the nose synchronized to fire through the spinning propeller blades.
Variants / Models
• Kondor Dreidecker - Base Series Name; single flyable example completed in 1917.
