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The Lloyd 40.05 (a.k.a. Type FJ - Flugzeug Jäger - aircraft hunter) was a very unorthodox experimental fighter/reconnaissance biplane produced by Lloyd (Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik AG / Magyar Lloyd Repülőgép és motorgyár Részvény-Társaság) in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War.[1]

Lloyd 40.05
Lloyd 40.05 cica 1916.
Role	Fighter / Reconnaissance aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer	Lloyd (Ungarische Lloyd Flugzeug und Motorenfabrik AG / Magyar Lloyd Repülőgép és motorgyár Részvény-Társaság)
First flight	January 1916
Retired	1916
Status	Prototype
Primary user	KuKLFT (Imperial and Royal Aviation Troops - Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen or K.u.K. Luftfahrtruppen)
Number built	2

Specifications (Lloyd 40.05)

Data from Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2 (later 1)
• Length: 6.92 m (22 ft 8 in)
• Upper wingspan: 11.17 m (36 ft 8 in)
• Lower wingspan: 10.72 m (35 ft 2 in)
• Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
• Wing area: 25 m² (270 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 752 kg (1,658 lb)
• Gross weight: 962 kg (2,121 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 × MAG-Daimler 160hp 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
• Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller

Performance

• Range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)

Armament

• Guns: 1× 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose M.07/12 machine gun in a Type-II VK gun container + 2x 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose M.07/12 machine guns fitted to the upper surface of the lower wings outside the propeller arc.

References

External links

• World War One Aviation: Austrian Experimental Aircraft

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