Hannover CL.III

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Template:Infobox aircraft The Hannover CL.III was a two-seat, single-bay biplane built by the Script error: No such module "Lang". during the First World War for the Imperial German Army's (Script error: No such module "Lang".) Imperial German Air Service (Script error: No such module "Lang".). It was a multi-role aircraft derived from the CL.II, used to escort reconnaissance aircraft and as a ground-attack machine. It entered service early in 1918.

Development

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A crash-landed Hannover CL.III on the Western Front about September 1918

The CL.III (factory designation Typ 3b) was derived from the CL.II; its airframe was lightened and strengthened to improve performance and it was designed to use the water-cooled Script error: No such module "convert". Mercedes D.III straight-six engine rather than the Script error: No such module "convert". Argus As.III engine even though most D.III engines were reserved for fighters. In the event most aircraft used the readily available As.III engines. The Argus-engined variant was designated CL.IIIa. The aircraft had redesigned ailerons with aerodynamic balances that overhung the wingtips, a modification that provided greater manoeuvrability, especially at the low levels that it was expected to be operating at in its new ground-attack role as the Script error: No such module "Lang". (escort squadrons) were reassigned as Script error: No such module "Lang". (battle squadrons). Like the other Hannover "light-C-class", or "CL" designated aircraft designed by Hermann Dorner, it included an unusual tail structure, with two horizontal stabilizers which allowed a wider field of fire for the observer.[1][2][3]

The CL.IIIb was an experimental aircraft that that was used to evaluate the Script error: No such module "convert". NAG C.III engine. After the war, a single CL.III was developed into the HaWa F.3, a limousine aircraft with seats for two passengers in an enclosed cabin where the gunner's cockpit had been.[4]

Variants

Hannover CL.III
Powered by a Mercedes D.III engine.
Hannover CL.IIIa
CL III powered by an Argus As.III engine
Hannover CL.IIIc
Experimental model of the CL.III, with a two-bay wing.
HaWa F.3
A post-war limousine conversion of CL.III aircraft, with a 2-seat limousine cabin behind the pilot's cockpit.

Operators

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Specifications (CL.IIIa)

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Hannover CL.III Baubeschreibung drawing, required by IdFlieg submission regulations

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See also

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References

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  1. ↑ Gray & Thetford, pp. 150–152
  2. ↑ Grosz, pp. 3-4
  3. ↑ Owers & Herris, pp. 60–61
  4. ↑ Owers & Herris, pp. 64, 144
  5. ↑ Owers & Herris, p. 152
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