Aviatik D.V

Unlike the Aviatik D.IV, which was developed from the firm's D.III, the D.V was an all-new design.^[1][2] Like other Aviatik D-types, it was a single-bay biplane, but unlike them, it featured a wing cellule that was braced by struts only, without any bracing wires.^[1][2]

Like the D.IV, it was powered by the Benz Bz.IIIbv geared V8 engine. This was a larger displacement and more powerful version of the two Bz.IIIb subtypes that had been fitted to the D.III prototypes.^[1][2] None of these engines were mature yet.^[1]

Data from Herris 2014, p.63

General characteristics

• Crew: 1
• Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.IIIbv liquid-cooled, eight-cylinder V engine, 145 kW (194 hp)

• Herris, Jack (2014). Aviatik Aircraft of WWI. Reno: Aeronaut Books.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing. 1981.