{"product_id":"gotha-g-ii-g-iii","title":"Gotha G.II, G.III","description":"\u003cp\u003eRoden 1\/72\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb id=\"mwBg\"\u003eGotha G.II\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series was a \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Heavy_bomber\" title=\"Heavy bomber\" id=\"mwBw\"\u003eheavy bomber\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e used by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci id=\"mwCA\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luftstreitkr%C3%A4fte\" title=\"Luftstreitkräfte\" id=\"mwCQ\"\u003eLuftstreitkräfte\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Imperial German Air Service) during \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/World_War_I\" title=\"World War I\" id=\"mwCg\"\u003eWorld War I\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwHg\"\u003eThe G.II carried a crew of three and a defensive armament of two 7.92\u003cspan id=\"mwHw\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003emm (.312\u003cspan id=\"mwIA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Machine_gun\" title=\"Machine gun\" id=\"mwIQ\"\u003emachine guns\u003c\/a\u003e. The forward section of the fuselage was skinned in\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Plywood\" title=\"Plywood\" id=\"mwIg\"\u003eplywood\u003c\/a\u003e, with the remainder covered in fabric. The fuselage and two very large nacelles were mounted on the lower wing. Each nacelle contained fuel and oil tanks beneath each of a pair of geared-output 160\u003cspan id=\"mwIw\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eKW (220\u003cspan id=\"mwJA\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehp)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mercedes_D.IV\" title=\"Mercedes D.IV\" id=\"mwJQ\"\u003eMercedes D.IV\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Straight-eight_engine\" title=\"Straight-eight engine\" id=\"mwJg\"\u003estraight-eight engines\u003c\/a\u003e, one per nacelle, driving pusher propellers. The undercarriage was unusual, being quadricycle in arrangement with a pair of wheels mounted at the front and rear of each engine nacelle. This feature was intended to remove the possibility of a nose-over on landing.\u003csup class=\"mw-ref reference\" id=\"cite_ref-Gothapp2-3_1-2\" rel=\"dc:references\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eIn fact, the nacelles and undercarriage constituted fully self-contained, wheeled units intended to facilitate construction and maintenance.\u003csup class=\"mw-ref reference\" id=\"cite_ref-Gothapp2-3_1-3\" rel=\"dc:references\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eThe entire aircraft was intended to be easily dismantled so that fuselage, engines, and wings would easily fit onto three railway flatcars.\u003csup class=\"mw-ref reference\" id=\"cite_ref-Gothapp5-6_2-1\" rel=\"dc:references\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp id=\"mwMw\"\u003eThe G.II prototype first flew in March 1916, and testing revealed several shortcomings. The most significant problem was that the aircraft was not capable of carrying the bombload that was specified by the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci id=\"mwNA\"\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Idflieg\" title=\"Idflieg\" id=\"mwNQ\"\u003eIdflieg\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e. This was solved by a redesign of the wing cellule to extend its span. At the same time, it was changed from a two-bay to a three-bay structure. The second issue was that the undercarriage arrangement made for very long and uncontrollable landing rolls. This was solved by changing it to a conventional tailskid configuration. Other revisions included horn-balanced\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca rel=\"mw:WikiLink\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aileron\" title=\"Aileron\" id=\"mwNg\"\u003eailerons\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand a triangular vertical fin. In this configuration, production commenced in April 1916.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Roden","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":58666096656768,"sku":"RO002","price":22.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/1601\/9328\/files\/Roden002.jpg?v=1786256675","url":"https:\/\/pienoismallimarketti.fi\/products\/gotha-g-ii-g-iii","provider":"Pienoismallimarketti","version":"1.0","type":"link"}