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| The last Albatros fighter of World War I actually completed
and flown, the D.XII featured the slab-sided plywood-
covered fuselage introduced by the D.X, and the
first of two prototypes was flown in March 1918 with a 180hp Daimler D IlIa engine. The second prototype, fitted
with a Bohme undercarriage embodying compressed-
air shock absorbers, and unbalanced ailerons
of inverse taper in place of the balanced parallel-chord
ailerons of the first prototype, followed in April 1918,
and was later fitted with a 185hp BMW IlIa engine for
participation in the third D-type contest of October.
| WEIGHTS |
| Take-off weight | 760 kg | 1676 lb |
| Empty weight | 580 kg | 1279 lb |
| DIMENSIONS |
| Wingspan | 8.20 m | 27 ft 11 in |
| Length | 5.78 m | 19 ft 12 in |
| Wing area | 19.84 m2 | 213.56 sq ft |
| lxbfYeaa, e-mail, 14.03.2024 05:49 20 reply | | Kyle Bogosian, e-mail, 18.08.2011 22:14 Does anyone know the maximum speed of this plane? reply | | R. E. van Patten, e-mail, 11.10.2010 04:11 Difficult to land without digging in the huge prop. Reported elsewhere to climb like a homesick angel. At wing loading of 7.8 lb /sqft must have been very agile. Udet called it the best fighter of the war. Too little, too late. reply |
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