The LVG G.III is sometimes known as the
Schütte-Lanz G.V or
Schütte-Lanz Schül G.V as it was a Schütte-Lanz design but built by
LVG. It was a triplane, the only one of its kind designated G or twin engined by the
Idflieg. Only one example of this very large aircraft was built. It was a
three bay triplane, the bays separated by parallel pairs of
interplane struts. The
fabric covered wings were unswept and had constant
chord and blunt
tips. The spans decreased a little from top to bottom plane, so the outer interplane struts leaned outwards; there was little
stagger. There were externally connected
ailerons on each plane. The
Maybach Mb.IV six cylinder inline engines were mounted in the inner bay on the central plane, neatly and fully
cowled. The fuselage of the G.III was round in section and smoothly covered in
plywood. There was an open gunner's position in the blunt extreme nose. It had a
biplane tail, with the lower tailplane attached to the underside of the fuselage and the upper one raised a little above it. Twin
fins and
rudders were positioned between the two tailplanes, near to their tips. it had a wide track,
conventional, fixed undercarriage with double mainwheels and a tailskid mounted below the fuselage on a small extension. The G.III first appeared just before the war's end. ==Specifications==