Aviatik DI series 138

[Captain Kurt]

Preview -- Underway with lots to do yet

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[TheBookie]

Let me be the first to say thank you Captain Kurt.I may not be into WWI but do appreciate all the hard work you do for others that are.

TheBookie

[Cody Coyote]

I'll echo TheBookie, greatly appreciated and I am into the WWI stuff. Thanks!

[UncleTgt]

Kurt,

You're really churning them out these days, thanks for all your hard work :applause::wavey:

[AER_DaddyO]

Kurt,

Thank you for your continued efforts on these WWI warbirds. It's not easy to crank these out: your modeling work is very well thought out and historically presented. Our CFS2 community here, is lucky to have them.

Regards, AER_DaddyO

"Don't just stand there, get one up!"

[Ravenna]

Thanks Kurt,

A nice addition to the Italian/ Balkan front. Many thanks for all your contributions to the 1914-1918 branch of CFS2.:applause::applause:

[Captain Kurt]

Just a little progress report. The main model and textures are done. Lots of fun painting the individual hexagons :playful:. I still have to do the VC and 2D panel, LODs, and the flight models to complete it.

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[Shessi]

Effing hell CK, that's superb!

Why have you been hiding your light for so long, you have some excellent skills...;)

Cheers

Shessi

[arfyhun]

Excellent model Captn. Thank you for sharing your skills with us. Graham.

[kdriver]

Great work Kurt! Thanks very much. :applause:

[Captain Kurt]

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A new entry has been added to Add-Ons Library, category CFS 2 Aircraft - World War I

Description: he Aviatik (Berg) D.I was the first indigenous fighter aircraft built in Austro-Hungary. Oberingenieur Julius von Berg (hence the name "Berg"), appointed as head designer at the Aviatik company, designed the first prototype late 1916. Work on the prototype began in August 1916, while the first flight of the Aviatik (Berg) DI prototype, marked 30.14, took place at 16th October 1916 at Aspern, unfortunately killing the test pilot.


Further modifications were made, and three more prototypes of the Aviatik D.I were manufactured, labeled 30.19 (for tests on the ground), 30.20 (for tests in flight) and 30.21 (as a reserve airframe). Tests of the modified aircrafts were positive and the first unit to receive the first serial batch of the Aviatik D.I was Fluggeschwader I (FLG I, later to be renamed to Flik 101G) on the Divacca airfield (Italy).


In many respects, the D.I was allegedly a good combat aircraft compared to its contemporaries. It was a reasonably fast aircraft, possessing excellent flying characteristics and maneuverability, and could reach higher altitudes than most of its adversaries.


Despite those desirable features, the new Aviatik fighter wasn't greeted with enthusiasm when it entered service in autumn 1917, as the type also had some serious defects which didn't endear it to its pilots.The D.I had a roomy and comfortable cockpit but the forward field of vision was so poor that the pilot had to lean out of the cockpit to aim the guns.The early aircraft had structural deficiencies and their machine guns were installed beyond the reach of the pilot. So if they jammed, there was nothing the pilot could do about it. While the original Aviatik D.I design was sound, the Series 115 aircraft license-produced by the Lohner firm at Wien-Floridsdorf were notorious for failures along the wing trailing edges during high speed maneuvers. Lohner had deviated from Aviatik specifications by employing thinner, lighter wing ribs. These problems were later rectified with the strengthening of the airframe and the repositioning of the guns. The engines tended to overheat far too easily. To alleviate the cooling problems, operational units tended to fly their aircraft without the engine's top panels.


The Austro-Hungarian aviation units used the D.I widely until the end of the First World War on Eastern, Italian and Balkan fronts, mainly as an escort for reconnaissance aircraft but also as fighters, even though most of the fighter units preferred the Albatros D.III for air superiority. The D.I represented over 40% of fighters in use by the Austro-Hungarian Air Force in the last year of the war.


Some 677 units, comprised of 16 different production versions, were delivered by October 1918. The 138 series which this model represents was 43% of the total production.


The Aviatik (Berg) DI was manufactured under license by a number of subcontractors.
Aviatik built the 38, 138, 238 and 338 series
Lohner built the 115 and 315 series
LLoyd manufactured the 48, 248 and 348 series.
MAG built the 84 and 92 series
Thone & Fiala manufactured the 101 and 201 series
WKF built the 184, 284 and 384 series.


The major differences between the series were the various power of its Austro-Daimler engines, structural modifications, gun modifications and radiator modifications.
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The model, textures. panel and air files are by Captain Kurt. The pilot figures were developed from Wolfi's freeware Japanese pilot .fsc source file. The prop spinning texture is by Kelticheart.


Gauges are by Martin Klein with texture change outs by Captain Kurt, .

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The comments you make there will appear in the posts below.

[Klein]

Beautifull work Kurt, thanks for this colourfull mythic plane Cheers Martin

[Ravenna]

Lovely work Kurt. Many thanks for this and all your great WWI aircraft. :applause::applause:

[Roxane-21]

Thank you, great job once again!!! :applause:

[Cowboy1968]

I love this airplane, always have...

It is nice to have an excellent model...

THANKS!!!

Any hope of an updated Albatross D.Va or an Albatross D.II late production model?

[Captain Kurt]

Thanks for the compliments guys

Cowboy, it's possible but not for a bit. Other projects prior. Hope you are doing reasonably okay now, life is hard sometimes. :wavey:

[huub vink]

Thanks CK for another beautiful aircraft! It works without huge problem in FS9 as well. However I need to take a look at the contact points as it sinks in runway during take off.

Cheers,
Huub

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