Aviatik C.IX

C.IX
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer	Aviatik
First flight	1918
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	3

The Aviatik C.IX was a prototype German observation aircraft built by Aviatik in the final months of World War I.

Design[]

The C.IX was a development of the C.VIII with a nine-cylinder Benz Bz.IV engine with a capacity of 200 hp. The aircraft's armament consisted of a synchronized 7.92-mm machine gun LMG 08/15 Spandau and one 7.92-mm machine gun LMG 14 Parabellum on a turret mounted in the rear cabin.

Three prototype aircraft were built (Wk.n. 6306/18-6308/18). The two prototypes had ailerons on both wings, while the third had ailerons only on the upper wing. The prototypes also differed from each other in the form of the tail.^[1]

Specifications[]

Data from ,^[2] Aviatik aircraft of WWI : a centennial perspective on great war airplanes^[3]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 7.3 m (23 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)
Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 28 m² (300 sq ft)
Empty weight: 980 kg (2,161 lb)
Gross weight: 1,340 kg (2,954 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IV 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 150 kW (200 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 160 km/h (99 mph, 86 kn)
Cruise speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
Endurance: 3 hours
Service ceiling: 4,500 m (14,800 ft)

Armament

Guns: one forward fuselage synchronized 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun and one 7.92 mm (0.312 in) machine-gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit.
Bombs: 60 kg

References[]

^ "Aviatik C.IX".
^ Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 283. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
^ Herris, Jack (Author); Pearson, Bob (Illustrator); Weaver, Aaron (Cover Design) (14 March 2014). Aviatik aircraft of WWI : a centennial perspective on great war airplanes. Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1935881223. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)

External links[]

"Aviatik C.IX". www.airwar.ru (in Russian). Moscow. 2017. Retrieved 18 May 2019.

[C9-1] "Aviatik C.IX".

[Thetford-2] Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 283. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

[Harris-3] Herris, Jack (Author); Pearson, Bob (Illustrator); Weaver, Aaron (Cover Design) (14 March 2014). Aviatik aircraft of WWI : a centennial perspective on great war airplanes. Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1935881223. {{cite book}}: |first1= has generic name (help)

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v t Aviatik aircraft
Aviatik aircraft	B.I B.II B.III C.I C.V D.III D.VII
Aviatik (Berg) aircraft	D.I D.II
Aviatik (Austro-Hungary) aircraft	C.I

v t World War I aircraft of the Central Powers
Fighters	AEG D.I AEG Dr.I Albatros D.I Albatros D.II Albatros D.III Albatros D.V Aviatik D.I Aviatik C.VI Daimler L.6 Euler D.I Euler D.II Fokker D.I Fokker D.II Fokker D.III Fokker D.IV Fokker D.V Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VII Fokker D.VIII Fokker Dr.I Fokker E.I Fokker E.II Fokker E.III Fokker E.IV Fokker E.V Halberstadt D.II Hannover CL.II Hannover CL.III Hannover CL.IV Hannover CL.V Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Junkers D.I Kondor D.6 Kondor E.III Naglo D.II Pfalz D.III Pfalz D.XII Pfalz Dr.I Pfalz E.I Pfalz E.II Phönix D.I LFG Roland D.II LFG Roland D.VI Siemens-Schuckert D.I Siemens-Schuckert D.II Siemens-Schuckert D.III Siemens-Schuckert D.IV Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
Bombers and ground attack	AEG DJ.I AEG G.I AEG G.II AEG G.III AEG G.IV AEG G.V AEG J.I AEG J.II AEG R.I Friedrichshafen G.II Friedrichshafen G.III Gotha G.I Gotha G.II Gotha G.III Gotha G.IV Gotha G.V Gotha GL.VII Gotha G.IX Hannover CL.II Junkers CL.I Junkers J.I Rumpler G.I Rumpler G.II Rumpler G.III Siemens-Schuckert L.I Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Reconnaissance	AEG B.I AEG B.II AEG B.III AEG C.I AEG C.II AEG C.III AEG C.IV AEG C.V AEG C.VI AEG C.VII AEG C.VIII AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII Albatros B.I Albatros B.II Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.V Albatros C.VII Albatros C.IX Albatros C.X Albatros C.XII Aviatik B.I Aviatik B.II Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.VI DFW C.V LFG Roland C.II LVG B.I LVG C.II Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Rumpler Taube
Trainers	Euler D.I
Prototypes	Albatros C.II Fokker V.1 Fokker V.2 Junkers J 1 Junkers J 2 Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.I

Aviatik C.IX

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Design[]

Specifications[]

References[]

Further reading[]

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