The Lloyd 40.05 (a.k.a. Type FJ - Flugzeug Jäger - aircraft hunter) was a very unorthodox experimental fighter/reconnaissance biplane produced by Lloyd (Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik AG / Magyar Lloyd Repülőgép és motorgyár Részvény-Társaság) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War.[1]

Lloyd 40.05
Lloyd 40.05 cica 1916.
Role Fighter / Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer Lloyd (Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik AG / Magyar Lloyd Repülőgép és motorgyár Részvény-Társaság)
First flight January 1916
Retired 1916
Status Prototype
Primary user KuKLFT (Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops - Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen or K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen)
Number built 2
View of pilots position and upper "childs coffin"[1] gunner position.

Specifications (Lloyd 40.05)

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Data from Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One[2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2 (later 1)
  • Length: 6.92 m (22 ft 8 in)
  • Upper wingspan: 11.17 m (36 ft 8 in)
  • Lower wingspan: 10.72 m (35 ft 2 in)
  • Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
  • Wing area: 25 m2 (270 sq ft)
  • Empty weight: 752 kg (1,658 lb)
  • Gross weight: 962 kg (2,121 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × MAG-Daimler 160hp 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
  • Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller

Performance

  • Range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)

Armament

References

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  1. ^ a b "WWI Aviation: Austrian Two-Seaters 1915". wwiaviation.com. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 18 July 2015.
  2. ^ Grosz, Peter M.; George Haddow; Peter Scheiner (1993). Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Boulder: Flying Machine Press. pp. 196–198. ISBN 1-891268-05-8.
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