Ufag C.I

Reconnaissance Fighter / Fighter Aircraft

Austria-Hungary | 1918

"The Ufag C.I entered operational service in April of 1918 and featured a 230 horsepower Hiero engine."

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The Ufag C.I was a two-seat, single-engine biplane fighter serving the Austro-Hungarian Empire air services. The aircraft made its first appearance in April of 1918 and proved an excellent mount that it quickly warranted a quantitative production order for 284 examples to go along with the original eleven. Despite the large order, only 166 of these aircraft were delivered by October of 1918, with the war officially over by November. The C.I was initially fielded with the Fliks 47/F and Fliks 58/D. The Ufag C.I emerged from the Hansa-Brandenburg C.II design, essentially a successor to the preceding design.

Design of the Ufag C.i was conventional for the time. The biplane wings were of equal span and staggered with the upper assembly ahead of the lower. The wings featured single bays and parallel struts. The engine was fitted to the forward compartment of the slab-sided fuselage, powering a two-blade wooden propeller. The powerplant was a single Hiero 6-cylinder liquid-cooled in-line engine developing 230 horsepower. The pilot sat immediately behind the engine compartment and made use of one or two forward-facing 8mm synchronized machine guns. His observer was seated directly aft and manned a trainable 8mm machine gun of his own. The fuselage tapered into a conventional empennage with large-area horizontal planes and a small-area vertical tail. The undercarriage was fixed and made up of two main landing gear wheels and a tail skid. The landing wheels were situated under the engine compartment, just ahead of the lower wings, and braced with struts.

Performance specifications indicated a top speed of 118 miles per hour as well as a ceiling of 16,075 feet. Engine endurance was limited to 3 hours.

Phonix lent its production talents to the C.I, constructing at least 40 examples of the type.

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Power & Performance
Those special qualities that separate one aircraft design from another. Performance specifications presented assume optimal operating conditions for the Ufag C.I Reconnaissance Fighter / Fighter Aircraft.

1 x Hiero 6-cylinder liquid-cooled inline engine developing 230 horsepower.
Propulsion

118 mph
190 kph | 103 kts
Max Speed

16,076 ft
4,900 m | 3 miles
Service Ceiling

217 miles
350 km | 189 nm
Operational Range

City-to-City Ranges
Operational range when compared to distances between major cities (in KM).

NYC

LON

PAR

BER

MOS

TOK

SYD

LAX

NYC

Structure
The nose-to-tail, wingtip-to-wingtip physical qualities of the Ufag C.I Reconnaissance Fighter / Fighter Aircraft.

2
(MANNED)
Crew

23.6 ft
7.20 m
O/A Length

35.1 ft
(10.69 m)
O/A Width

9.6 ft
(2.92 m)
O/A Height

2,315 lb
(1,050 kg)
MTOW

Design Balance
The three qualities reflected below are altitude, speed, and range. The more full the box, the more balanced the design.

RANGE

ALT

SPEED

Armament
Available supported armament and special-mission equipment featured in the design of the Ufag C.I Reconnaissance Fighter / Fighter Aircraft .

STANDARD:
1 OR 2 x 8mm forward-fixed machine guns
1 x 8mm machine gun in trainable rear cockpit mounting.

Variants
Notable series variants as part of the Ufag C.I family line.

C.I - Base Series Designation

Operators
Global customers who have evaluated and/or operated the Ufag C.I. Nations are displayed by flag, each linked to their respective national aircraft listing.

Total Production: 166 Units
Contractor(s): Ungarische Flugzeugfabrik (Ufag) - Austria

National flag of the Austro-Hungarian Empire

[ Austria-Hungary ]

Relative Max Speed

Hi: 120mph

Lo: 60mph

Aircraft Max Listed Speed (118mph).

Graph Average of 90 MPH.

Era Crossover

Showcasing Aircraft Era Crossover (if any)

Max Alt Visualization

Production Comparison

166

36183

44000

Entry compared against Ilyushin IL-2 (military) and Cessna 172 (civilian) total production.

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AIR-TO-AIR COMBAT

RECONNAISSANCE

Recognition
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Military lapel ribbon for the World War 1

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