AEG R.I

Infobox Aircraft
name = R.I


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type = Bomber
national origin = flag|German Empire
manufacturer = AEG
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first flight = 1916
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primary user = Luftstreitkräfte
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number built = 1
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variants with their own articles = The AEG R.I was a four-engined biplane bomber aircraft of World War I. It was unusual for a multi-engined aircraft in that rather than mounting propellers directly to the engines and mounting these in nacelles, the R.I carried all its engines within the fuselage and turned its propellers via a system of driveshafts. A single prototype was completed and flew in 1916. Initial flights were quite successful. The aircraft was considered very maneuverable. On September 3, 1918 a propeller which had not been given sufficient time for the glue to cure disintegrated. The vibrations resulting from that failure caused the complex transmissions and shafting connecting all four engines to both propellers to tear loose, which then cut a center section strut, which caused the aircraft to break up, killing all seven crew on board. Of the six further AEG R-1's planned or under production when the war ended (R.21, 22, 59, 60, 61 and R.62) only the R.21 was finished and R.22 partially complete.

pecifications (AEG R.I)

aircraft specifications
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crew=Seven
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length main= 19.50 m
length alt= 63 ft 11 in
span main= 36.00 m
span alt= 118 ft 1 in
height main= 6.35 m
height alt= 20 ft 10 in
area main= 260 m²
area alt= 2,798ft²
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empty weight main= 9,000 kg
empty weight alt= 19,845 lb
loaded weight main= 12,700 kg
loaded weight alt= 28,003 lb
useful load main= 3,700 kg
useful load alt= 8,158 lb
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engine (prop)=Mercedes D.IVa
type of prop=6-cylinder water-cooled inline engines
number of props=4
power main= 194 kW
power alt= 260 hp
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* 5 machine guns
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* List of military aircraft of Germany
* List of bomber aircraft
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