Schütte-Lanz D.IV

D.IV
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Schütte-Lanz
Designer	Walter Stein
First flight	1917
Number built	2

The Schütte-Lanz D.IV was a German fighter prototype during World War I. It was developed in parallel with the Schütte-Lanz D.III, however the two fighters had nothing in common. The D.IV was made of wood and was a single-bay staggered biplane with N-type interplane struts and ailerons on both upper and lower mainplanes. It first flew in late 1917 and was found to be inferior to the Schütte-Lanz D.III, and as a result production was not started.

A second prototype, designated D.IVa, was built with minor improvements including a frontal radiator and revised undercarriage. A proposed derivative of the D.IV with a Mercedes D.III fitted with a Brown Boveri compressor, designated D.V, was axed in May 1918 and remained a paper project only.^{[citation needed]}

Specifications

Data from The Complete Book of Fighters^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Empty weight: 695 kg (1,532 lb)
Gross weight: 886 kg (1,953 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IIIbo V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 160 kW (220 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch wooden propeller

Performance

Time to altitude: 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 14 minutes

Armament

Guns: 2 x 7.9 mm (0.311 in) LMG 08/15 machine guns

Notes

^ Green, William; Gordon Swanborough (1997). The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Salamander Books Limited. p. 520. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.

Bibliography

Green, William; Gordon Swanborough (1997). The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Salamander Books Limited. p. 520. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.

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D types	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.VI D.VII
Dr types	Dr.I
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AEG	D.I D.II D.III
Albatros	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII
Aviatik	(D.I skipped) D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII
Daimler	D.I D.II
DFW	D.I D.II
Euler	D.I D.II
Fokker	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII
Friedrichshafen	D.I D.II D.III
Halberstadt	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V
Junkers	D.I
Kondor	D.I
LFG/Roland	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV D.XVI D.XVII
LVG	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI
Märkische	D.I
Naglo	D.I D.II
Pfalz	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV
Rumpler	D.I
Schütte-Lanz	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII
Siemens-Schuckert	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI
Zeppelin-Lindau	D.I