Phönix 20.24

Phönix 20.24
Role	Biplane fighter
National origin	Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer	Phönix Flugzeug-Werke
First flight	1918
Primary user	KuKLFT
Number built	2
Developed from	Phönix D.III

The Phönix 20.24 was a prototype German fighter plane built in the last months of World War I.

Development

The Phönix 20.24 was similar to the D.III but differed in having a semi-monocoque fuselage and an Austro-Daimler engine. Two prototypes were built with the serials 20.24 and 20.25, entered in the July 1918 fighter competition but remained at the prototype stage only.^[1]^[2]

Production aircraft would very likely have been allocated the LFT designation Phönix D.IV, according to Phönix company records.^[1]

Specifications (20.24)

Data from Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
Upper wingspan: 8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Lower wingspan: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Wing area: 23.5 m² (253 sq ft)
Empty weight: 665 kg (1,466 lb)
Gross weight: 950 kg (2,094 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Hiero 6 water-cooled 6-cylinder piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp) (20.25 235 hp (175 kW) Austro-Daimler 6)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 2 minutes 10 seconds; 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 18 minutes

Armament

Guns: provision for machine-guns, installation unspecified

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Grosz, Peter M.; Haddow, George; Scheiner, Peter (2002) [1993]. Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Boulder: Flying Machine Press. pp. 83–85. ISBN 1-891268-05-8.
^ Chant, Christopher (2002). Austro-Hungarian aces of World War 1. Wellingborough: Osprey. p. 75. ISBN 978-1841763767.

[Grosz-1] Grosz, Peter M.; Haddow, George; Scheiner, Peter (2002) [1993]. Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Boulder: Flying Machine Press. pp. 83–85. ISBN 1-891268-05-8.

[Chant-2] Chant, Christopher (2002). Austro-Hungarian aces of World War 1. Wellingborough: Osprey. p. 75. ISBN 978-1841763767.

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v t e World War I aircraft of the Central Powers
Fighters	AEG D.I AEG Dr.I Albatros D.I Albatros D.II Albatros D.III Albatros D.V Aviatik D.I Aviatik C.VI Daimler L.6 Euler D.I Euler D.II Fokker D.I Fokker D.II Fokker D.III Fokker D.IV Fokker D.V Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VII Fokker D.VIII Fokker Dr.I Fokker E.I Fokker E.II Fokker E.III Fokker E.IV Fokker E.V Halberstadt D.II Hannover CL.II Hannover CL.III Hannover CL.IV Hannover CL.V Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Junkers D.I Kondor D.6 Kondor E.III Naglo D.II Pfalz D.III Pfalz D.XII Pfalz Dr.I Pfalz E.I Pfalz E.II Phönix D.I LFG Roland D.II LFG Roland D.VI Siemens-Schuckert D.I Siemens-Schuckert D.II Siemens-Schuckert D.III Siemens-Schuckert D.IV Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
Bombers and ground attack	AEG DJ.I AEG G.I AEG G.II AEG G.III AEG G.IV AEG G.V AEG J.I AEG J.II AEG R.I Friedrichshafen G.II Friedrichshafen G.III Gotha G.I Gotha G.II Gotha G.III Gotha G.IV Gotha G.V Gotha GL.VII Gotha G.IX Hannover CL.II Junkers CL.I Junkers J.I Rumpler G.I Rumpler G.II Rumpler G.III Siemens-Schuckert L.I Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Reconnaissance	AEG B.I AEG B.II AEG B.III AEG C.I AEG C.II AEG C.III AEG C.IV AEG C.V AEG C.VI AEG C.VII AEG C.VIII AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII Albatros B.I Albatros B.II Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.V Albatros C.VII Albatros C.IX Albatros C.X Albatros C.XII Aviatik B.I Aviatik B.II Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.VI DFW C.V LFG Roland C.II LVG B.I LVG C.II Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Rumpler Taube
Trainers	Euler D.I
Prototypes	Albatros C.II Fokker V.1 Fokker V.2 Junkers J 1 Junkers J 2 Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.I

v t e KuKLFT D-class aircraft designations
Aviatik	D.I D.II
Hansa-Brandenburg	D.I
Knoller	D.I
Phönix	D.I D.II D.III D.IV
Ufag	D.I
WKF	D.I