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WWI German reconnaissance aircraft

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Sablatnig C.II

Role	Reconnaissance two-seaterType of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Sablatnig
First flight	1918
Number built	3

The Sablatnig C.II was a conventional C-type reconnaissance two-seater aircraft developed and built by Sablatnig in Berlin, Germany in 1918.

Design

It was a two-bay biplane of conventional design, with staggered wings, two open cockpits in tandem, and fixed, tailskid undercarriage. The C.II was of wooden construction with a plywood covered fuselage and fabric coverings. Unlike the C.I, the C.II used a Maybach Mb.IV. Two additional prototypes were built with different strut arrangements and elevators.

Specifications

Data from

General characteristics

Length: 8.30 m (27 ft 2.75 in)
Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft 0.25 in)
Height: 3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
Empty weight: 1,068 kg (2,354 lb)
Gross weight: 3,520 kg (7,760 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IV , 180 kW (240 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed

Performance

Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
Range: 530 km (330 mi, 290 nmi)
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
Time to altitude: 4 min 30 secs to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

Armament

Guns: 1 x Parabellum machine-gun and 1 × Spandau machine-gun

References

Gray & Thetford, p. 540

Bibliography

Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen (1987) . German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.

Sablatnig aircraft

Sablatnig designations

Idflieg designations

B biplane types	B.I
C biplane types	C.I C.II C.III
N night bomber types	N.I

Idflieg C-, CL-, and CLS-class aircraft designations

C-

AEG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII
AGO	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Albatros	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
Aviatik	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Caspar	C.I
DFW	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI
Fokker	C.I C.II C.III
Friedrichshafen	C.I
Germania	C.I C.II C.III C.IV
Halberstadt	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Hannover	C.I C.IV
LFG Roland	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VIII
LVG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
OAW	C.I C.II
Otto	C.I C.II
Pfalz	C.I
Rumpler	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X
Sablatnig	C.I C.II C.III
Schütte-Lanz	C.I
Zeppelin	C.I C.II

CL-

BFW	CL.I CL.II CL.III CL.IV
Daimler	CL.I
Halberstadt	CL.II CL.IV
Hannover	CL.II CL.III CL.V
Junkers	CL.I
Zeppelin-Lindau	CL.I CL.II

CLS-

Albatros	CLS.I
Halberstadt	CLS.I CLS.II CLS.X
Junkers	CLS.I

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