AEG Projects

[Tuizentfloot]

In 1914 there were the (unnamed?) Flugboot and the Z5 floatplane.
Please give me some time to find more details of these two planes (sorry, but very busy for the moment).
Whay about the designation F I?

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Tuizentfloot,

and maybe the F I was the same as Flugboot of 1914,I will check.

 

[Tuizentfloot]

Just as richard B in his posting of November 24, 1917, I only found reference to two 1914 A.E.G. seaplanes: the Z 5 floatplane and the Flugboot.

Both were designed for the 1914 Ostseeflug-Wettbewerb, and to be flown by Bruno Gruner (the Z 5) and Theodor Schauenburg (the Flugboot). The race was cancelled due to the mobilisation, and both planes were tested by the navy. The Flugboot crashed during tests.

My dear hesham, what are the sources of an other 1914 flying boat?

And for the designation F1, F for Flugboot seems logical, but apart from Kroschel, Die deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910-1918 (1994), I can't find any reference to this designation. Are there other sources?

 

[hesham]

Many thanks at first my dear Tuizentfloot,

and I don't remember the source well,maybe old encyclopedia.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

was that an aircraft called AEG S.1 ?.

 

[Tuizentfloot]

S.1 is what Jack Herris calls the Z.5 floatplane in his AEG Aircraft of WWI (2015), p. 7. I never saw this designation before.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dear Tuizentfloot,

and I found this strange designation here;

https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/List_of_aircraft_(0-A).html

 

[Tuizentfloot]

As I said, I never saw the designation S.1 for the Z.5, an unfortunately Herris doesn't give any further explanation...

 

[hesham]

From the book, AEG Aircraft of WWI,

about three airplanes and two Projects are new for me;

- S1,B-Type & J.III
- Igel and R-Plane flying boat

 

[hesham]

There was KZ-9 and Z-9 ?.

 

[Maveric]

KZ.9 was the inhouse designation for the C.I
Z.9 was the inhouse designation for the B.II

 

[hesham]

KZ.9 was the inhouse designation for the C.I
Z.9 was the inhouse designation for the B.II

Thank you Maveriv,I know that,but why they use the same
number,that's my question ?.

 

[Jemiba]

From what I found via a quick search, the C.I principally just was an armed version of the unarmed B.II, using a different engine.
Maybe that could explain the use of the same number in the new designation. And, just a guess, the letter "K" could stand for
"Kampf" (fight), pointing to the introduced armament.

 

[Tuizentfloot]

From what I found via a quick search, the C.I principally just was an armed version of the unarmed B.II, using a different engine.
Maybe that could explain the use of the same number in the new designation. And, just a guess, the letter "K" could stand for
"Kampf" (fight), pointing to the introduced armament.

Indeed. A correct guess I think.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dears Jemiba and Tuizentfloot,

about Muskelkraft,did it belong to AEG or what ?.

Weltrekord 1988: Radfahren durch die Luft

Vor 30 Jahren radelte Kanellos Kanellopoulos einfach los - durch die Luft. 115 Kilometer, von Kreta nach Santorin, in einem wunderlichen Fluggerät, das nur per Muskelkraft flog. Und mit dem er abstürzte.

www.spiegel.de

 

[richard B]

My dear Hesham , please look at the post #5 ...

 

[hesham]

Strange Info in my files,

the B-Type was a reconnaissance aircraft before B.I ?!.

 

[Apophenia]

Strange Info in my files,

the B-Type was a reconnaissance aircraft before B.I ?!.

Could be one and the same. Often, Typ B is a generic reference to the Idflieg classification rather than to a designation.

 

[hesham]

Strange Info in my files,

the B-Type was a reconnaissance aircraft before B.I ?!.

Could be one and the same. Often, Typ B is a generic reference to the Idflieg classification rather than to a designation.

That's right.

 

[hesham]

Hi,

D.II was the second prototype,but it was fitted with Cheek radiators

D.III was the third prototype,but it was fitted by large Cheek radiators

 

[Apophenia]

D.II was the second prototype,but it was fitted with Cheek radiators

D.III was the third prototype,but it was fitted by large Cheek radiators

So, are you saying that AEG D4401/17 was actually designated D.II while D5002/17 was D.III?

Other than radiators (as mentioned) and exhaust arrangements, the three D.I prototypes appear to be identical.

 

[hesham]

So, are you saying that AEG D4401/17 was actually designated D.II while D5002/17 was D.III?

Other than radiators (as mentioned) and exhaust arrangements, the three D.I prototypes appear to be identical.

Yes,that's right.

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