A strange device at Schwerin : Flugzeug simulator (?)

[richard B]

https://www.ebay.de/itm/38526044578...AKMIYbzsukX2w0op8U7pB+LsU=|tkp:Bk9SR-bd6tmXYQ

 

[Michel Van]

must be some kind of testing
That is shooting stand on left
but why has the fuselage addtional wings ?
it this test for stable flight so gunner can shoot better the enemy ?

 

[riggerrob]

Looks to me like a propeller-driven flight simulator with prop wash hitting the extra control surfaces to help with roll. The ring around the fuselage looks like the pivot for rolling the simulator.
The primary goal was probably training new pilots. The machinegun in the aft cockpit looks like an "artifact" of conversion from a real two-seater scout.

 

[Apophenia]

The primary goal was probably training new pilots. The machinegun in the aft cockpit looks like an "artifact" of conversion from a real two-seater scout.

No, this 'apparatus' was at FBS Schwerrin or Fliegerbeobachter-Schulen. So, it was almost certainly intended to train observers - hence the mounted gun.

 

[Nik]

Nicely gimballed training rig ??

 

[richard B]

I agree with Apophenia , but now a question : which WW I aircraft has been modified ?

This could be an A.E.G. C or J .... but I am not sure at all ...

 

[Apophenia]

This could be an A.E.G. C or J .... but I am not sure at all ...

It is a puzzle. I think Richard is right about A.E.G. ... but which one? My vote would be for a C.IV fuselage (assuming that the moveable tail surfaces are not original).

 

[Dynoman]

Looks like a AEG JII with the elevator repositioned to the top of the fuselage and a makeshift elevator added to the horizontal stabilizer. However, I'm still not sure. This design could simply be a composite of different available aircraft parts to build a simulator.

 

[Apophenia]

Looks like a AEG JII ...

I went with C.IV because the fixed vertical fin looks fully triangular. But, as you say, could be a composite of who-knows-what bits.

 

[publiusr]

I was thinking it was a biplane B-wing