History

The AGO C.IV was a reconnaissance aircraft designed and built in Germany during World War 1. It was unsuccessful because of the complexity of its construction and because it was unpopular with its crews due to instability.

AGO Flugzeugwerke began design of a new high performance reconnaissance aircraft in 1916. It was of conventional layout for the time and designed to give the observer a good field of view from the rear cockpit. An unusual design feature was the tapered wings and the strut arrangement.

An order for 260 of the C.IV were placed with several companies and they began entering service at the beginning of 1917.

However, the complexity of the design, and the wing in particular, resulted in less than 100 being made. Additionally, this aircraft was unpopular with their crew because of instability problems.

This model represents an AGO C.IV in service with 3 Fligerabtuilung 284a, Imperial German Air Service, in 1917.

Kovozavody Prostejov 1/72 kit completed by Leigh Edmonds in 2025.

Data

MODEL: AGO C.IV

ROLE: Reconnaissance aircraft

TIME PERIOD: 1916-1948

ENGINES: one Benz Bz.IV six cylinder piston engine of 160kW

WING SPAN: 11.9m

LENGTH: 8.25m

GROSS WEIGHT: 1,350kg

MAXIMUM SPEED: 190km/h

CREW: 2

ARMAMENT: two machine guns

SCALE: 1/72

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