Rumpler C.VIII

Infobox Aircraft
name=Rumpler C.VIII


caption=
type=Advanced trainer
manufacturer=Rumpler Flugzeugwerke
designer=
first flight= 1917
introduced= 1917
retired= 1924 (Finland)
status=
primary user= "Luftstreitkräfte"
more users= Finnish Air Force
produced=
number built=
unit cost=
developed from=
variants with their own articles=

Rumpler C.VIII was a German single-engine biplane advanced trainer manufactured by Rumpler Flugzeugwerke, in Berlin Johannisthal in 1917.

Design and development

The C.VIII variant was developed with the intention of providing an operational trainer for aircrews nearing the end of their training with particular emphasis on the observers' curriculum of gunnery, observation, radio and photography. The aircraft was close to standards applicable to full military operation but could also be operated economically.

Operational history

A strategic need for improved and intensified training in connection with an ultimate offensive on the Western Front in March 1918 existed. To facilitate this higher standard of training, the C.VIII was introduced towards the end of 1917 with the Flieger Ersatz Abteilungen, ie Flying Training Units.

Operators

;flag|German Empire
*"Luftstreitkräfte";FIN
*Finnish Air Force ordered one aircraft in February 1918. It was used by the Finnish "White" army as a reconnaissance aircraft. The aircraft remained in Finnish Air Force use until 1924.

pecifications (C.VIII)

aircraft specifications

plane or copter?=plane
jet or prop?=prop

ref=Suomen Ilmavoimat I

crew=1
capacity=
length main=8 m
length alt=26 ft 3 in
span main=12.2 m
span alt=40 ft 0 in
height main=3.2 m
height alt=10 ft 6 in
area main= m²
area alt= ft²
airfoil=
empty weight main= kg
empty weight alt= lb
loaded weight main=
loaded weight alt=
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= kg
max takeoff weight main=1,374 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 3,023 lb
more general=

engine (prop)=Argus As III
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main=134 kW
power alt=180 hp
power original=

max speed main=140 km/h
max speed alt= 75 knots, 86 mph
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= knots, mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= knots, mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= knots, mph
range main= km
range alt= nm, mi
ceiling main= m
ceiling alt= ft
climb rate main= m/min
climb rate alt=
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
thrust/weight=
power/mass main=W/kg
power/mass alt=hp/lb
more performance=
armament=
* 1 × machine gun
* 50 kg (110 lb) of bombs
avionics=

References

* Keskinen, Kalevi; Partonen, Kyösti and Stenman, Kari: "Suomen Ilmavoimat I 1918-27", 2005. ISBN 952-99432-2-9.
* Keskinen, Kalevi; Stenman, Kari and Niska, Klaus: "Suomen ilmavoimien lentokoneet 1918-1939", Tietoteos, 1976.
* Gray, P & Thetford, O. "German Aircraft of the First World War". Putnam & Co Ltd. ISBN 3-370-00103-6

ee also

aircontent
related=

similar aircraft=

sequence=

lists=
* List of military aircraft of Germany
see also=