Pfalz E.IV
The Pfalz monoplanes were licence-built copies and variants of the Morane-Saulnier G/H or Type L, armed with a synchronized IMG-08 machine gun (or two, in the case of the E.IV). While similar to the Fokker eindeckers, they were not well-appreciated, in no small part because they appeared several months after the Fokkers. Pfalz aeroplanes tended to be assigned to Bavarian pilots, and they made due until better planes came along.
| Pfalz E.IV | |
|---|---|
| Role | Fighter |
| Manufacturer | Pfalz |
| Introduction | spring 1916 |
| Primary user |  Germany
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| Number built | 46 [1][2] |
| Wingspan | 10.2 m (33 ft 6 in)[2] |
| Engine | 160hp Oberursel U.III rotary[2] |
| Armament | 2×fixed sync. IMG08/15 |
| Crew | 1 |
| Max Speed | 160 km/h (99 mph)[3][4][2] |
| Climb | 800 m (2,620 ft) in 2:00[3] 2,000 m (6,560 ft) in 6:30[4][2]-8:30[3] 3,000 m (9,840 ft) in 10:00[2] |
| Endurance | ~1:00 [3] |
The Pfalz E.IV was the Pfalz equivalent of the Fokker E.IV, with twin Spandau machine guns and a twin-row Oberursel U.III rotary engine. The engine had cooling problems and was less reliable than its single-row predecessors.[2] About 46 were built.[2]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Morane-Saulnier H.
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| Availability | Maneuver | Damage | Dmg Points | Max Alt. | Climb |
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| 16Q2-16Q3 | R | A | 10 | 9 | 4 |
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References
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- Bibliography
- Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
- Peter M. Grosz, "Archiv -- Frontbestand". WW1 Aero, № 107, Dec 1985 and № 108, Feb 1986. Poughkeepsie, NY: World War I Aeroplanes, Inc.
- P.M. Grosz, Windsock Datafile 59: Pfalz E.I~E.VI. Great Britain, Albatros Publications Ltd., 1996. ISBN 0-948414-78-2
- Jack Herris, Pfalz Aircraft of WWI. USA: Aeronaut Books, 2012. ISBN 978-1-935881-12-4