AEG DJ.I

History

Allgemeine Elektricitats-Gesellschaft AG (AEG) of the German Empire attempted to design early aircraft as AEG "PE" ("Panzer-Einsitzer") for armored ground attack roles. Although the triplane proved to be poor one-on-one combat capability and was eventually abandoned during development, the company stuck with the idea of ??an armored raider. In September 1918, it launched DJ.

I passed the maiden voyage.

DJ. I continued some of the form and function established by PE, but tried to solve the problem with a simplified biplane wing arrangement. The upper and lower members are connected by thick single "I-type" brackets, wiring is minimized.

The dura mater structure forms the inner structure of the wing, and the fabric skin covers it. Since such attacks are expected to operate at low altitudes (and therefore the inherent danger of ground fire), the aircraft is equipped with armor (aluminum sheet skin) that protects critical components: the pilot, fuel storage and engines.

The first of the three prototypes was the Mercedes-Benz Bz. The IIIb engine made 195 hp, while the third had a Maybach Mb IVa engine with 240 hp. In both cases, the engine was traditionally mounted on the nose and used to drive the four-bladed propeller.

The pilot sits in the open-air cockpit behind the upper wing assembly with an impressive view of the aircraft.

Like many other mid to late biplane types, DJ. I am armed with a machine gun that fires synchronously through the rotating propeller blades. This includes 2 x 7.92mm LMG 08/15 Spandau air-cooled machine gun weapons.

The aircraft was designed to carry a modest bomb load (mostly anti-personnel in nature). This enables the aircraft to target with machine guns and drop conventional ammunition into infantry positions. Additionally, the machine gun pairing can target any aerial attacker trying to take down DJ.

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Performance includes a top speed of 112 mph and a rate of climb of 820 feet per minute.

Despite the progress made on this AEG attack aircraft, the war ended while the design was still under active evaluation, so its potential was never realized. With the end of the conflict in November 1918, so did the development of the DJ. I

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