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.
- Reconnaissance (RECCE)
9.85m
47.57 ft (14.5 m)
10.50 ft (3.2 m)
81 mph (130 km/h; 70 knots)
13,780 ft (4,200 m; 2.61 mi)
342 miles (550 km; 297 nmi)
1 x 7.92mm Parabellum machine gun mounted on a trainable mount in the forward (observer) cockpit.
C. 1 - Base Series Names
C. I-W - One-off example, equipped with buoys for the German naval maritime reconnaissance service.