AGO C. I History

The AGO (AktienGesellschaft Otto) Flugweugwerke des Deutschen Reichs was founded in Munich in 1911 and continued until the end of World War II in 1945. Back in 1913, the company built double-decker cars under the name Otto u.a.

In this work, many other multi-planes of similar form and function emerged, which were soon put into military service during the fighting of the First World War (1914-1918).

The war had already started in January 1915, and many aircraft were being tested and adopted by all parties as the powers tried to gain an advantage by using these new aircraft. In June 1915, AGO was able to sell a new biplane - the "AGO C. I" to the Luftwaffe and the Imperial Navy (Navy).

The C.I used a typical biplane wing layout, with one primarily on top of the other. The struts are parallel and create "bays" between these structures that support the wings. Like other early reconnaissance platforms in the war, the C.I relied on a pod and boom fuselage arrangement, with crew, weapons, engines, fuel storage and avionics located in a central pod forming the fuselage, while twin boom tails were Arrangements exist for supporting the tail. The tail boom is attached to the main plane at the strut for additional support and extends slightly beyond the leading edge of the wing. There are two crew members, the pilot and the observer, with the observer in front of the pilot.

On some aircraft, observers are permitted to use a 7.92mm Parabellum air-cooled machine gun on a flexible mount. The landing gear consists of a four-wheel arrangement for optimal balance. The legs are connected together by a network of struts under the aircraft and its lower main aircraft elements.

At least one example of the C.I was redesigned with a "C.I-W" maritime patrol role for the German Navy.

To give the crew the best view from the cockpit - especially the front and sides - the engines are mounted at the rear of the cabin so that the propellers are arranged in a "slider" configuration - which actually pushes the surrounding air to move the aircraft push through the sky. The engine of choice became an off-the-shelf Mercedes D.III with 158 hp and a twin-blade wooden propeller at the rear.

Structural dimensions include an overall length of 29.5 feet and a wingspan of 49.1 feet.

In practice, planes could reach speeds of 90 miles per hour, which was a good thing for early forms of biplanes. The range is up to 300 miles, which gives the platform a good "range". Service is capped at 16,000 feet.

AGO C.I Specification

Basic

Year:
1915
Status:
Retired, out of service
Staff:
2

Production

[20 units]:
AGO Aircraft Engineering - German Empire

Roles

- Reconnaissance (RECCE)

Dimensions

Length:

9.85m

Width:

47.57 ft (14.5 m)

Height:

10.50 ft (3.2 m)

Performance

1 x Mercedes-Benz engine, power unknown, driving a double-blade wooden propeller unit.

Performance

Maximum Speed:

81 mph (130 km/h; 70 knots)

Service Limit:

13,780 ft (4,200 m; 2.61 mi)

Maximum range:

342 miles (550 km; 297 nmi)

Armor

Optional:

1 x 7.92mm Parabellum machine gun mounted on a trainable mount in the forward (observer) cockpit.

Changes

C. 1 - Base Series Names

C. I-W - One-off example, equipped with buoys for the German naval maritime reconnaissance service.

Related stuff

1400 1514 1587 1765 1774 1775 1776 1782 1785 1786 1791 1797 1811 1813 1819 1840 1841 1842 1852 1853 1855 1856 1857 1859 1860 1861 1862 1863 1864 1865 1866 1867 1868 1869 1870 1873 1874 1875 1877 1878 1885 1886 1888 1889 1895 1896 1897 1898 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Contact  |  Privacy Policy