| Intended primarily for use by the Austro-Hungarian
Navy, the CC single-seat fighter flying boat (the designation was derived from the initials of Camillo Castiglioni,
the financier of the Hansa- und Brandenburgische
Flugzeug-Werke) was a single-bay biplane of
wooden construction which appeared in prototype
form in mid-1916. Retaining the "star" interplane bracing
strut arrangement introduced by the KD (D.I), the
CC was supplied to the Austro-Hungarian Navy with
both the 160hp Austro-Daimler and 180hp Hiero six-cylinder
water-cooled engines, armament consisting of
a single 8mm Schwarzlose machine gun projecting
through the windscreen. A total of 37 fighter flying
boats of this type was delivered to the service. The CC
was also adopted by the German Navy, which received
a total of 36, with deliveries commencing in February
1917. These were powered by the 150hp Benz Bz III, the
engines of some examples being semi-cowled. The CC
initially carried an armament of one 7.92mm LMG
08/15 machine gun, but late production examples had
two such weapons fixed to fire forward in the upper
decking of the hull nose, and the hull was lengthened to improve flying characteristics. In July 1917, the German
Navy grounded the CC until all aircraft were provided
with extra (Vee-type) interplane bracing struts to dampen
severe wing vibration. The CC was employed extensively
and with considerable success over the
Adriatic by the Austro-Hungarian Navy. One example
was completed experimentally as a triplane, the extra
wing being placed at the intersection of the "starstruts".
It was delivered to the Austro-Hungarian Navy
for evaluation on 11 May 1917, but was written-off in a
landing accident on the following 19 September. One
CC was modified and tested in the summer of 1918 as
the W 22, with broad sponsons replacing the outrigger
stabilising floats. This experimental model, which
crashed during testing, was intended solely to evaluate
the sponson concept as part of the Staaken Rs IV development
programme.
| A three-view drawing (1660 x 1137) |
WEIGHTS |
Take-off weight | 1080 kg | 2381 lb |
Empty weight | 800 kg | 1764 lb |
DIMENSIONS |
Wingspan | 9.30 m | 31 ft 6 in |
Length | 7.69 m | 25 ft 3 in |
Height | 3.57 m | 12 ft 9 in |
Wing area | 26.52 m2 | 285.46 sq ft |
PERFORMANCE |
Max. speed | 175 km/h | 109 mph |
Range | 500 km | 311 miles |
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