- Fokker C.I
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name=C.I
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type=Reconnaissance aircraft
manufacturer=Fokker
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first flight=1918cite encyclopedia | editor = Donald, David | encyclopedia =The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft | volume = | pages = pg 427| publisher = Prospero Books | date = 1997 | id = ISBN 1-85605-375-X | accessdate = ]
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variants with their own articles=The Fokker C.I was a German reconnaissance biplane under development at the end of World War I. The design was essentially an enlarged
Fokker D.VII fighter with two seats and aBMW III a 185-hp engine. The C.I was originally developed to sell to the German Army. It never saw service in WWI, but Tony Fokker managed to smuggle parts out of Germany at the time of the Armistice.Development
The prototype, V.38, was tested at Schwerin, and put into immediate production. After the armistice, production continued in the
Netherlands .Operators
The C.I went into Dutch service after 16 were ordered in February 1919. The USSR bought 42 C.Is. The C.Is served in the reconnaissance and trainer roles. The last C.I left service in 1936.
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;V 38:Prototype.;C.I:Two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, powered by a 138-kW (185-hp)BMW IIIa piston engine.;C.Ia:Improved version.;C.IW :Experimental floatplane version.;C.II :Three-seat passenger transport version, powered by a 138-kW (185-hp) BMW IIIa piston engine. ;C.III :Two-seat advanced trainer version of the C.I, powered by a 164-kW (220-hp) Hispano-Suiza engine.
pecifications (Fokker C.I)
aircraft specifications
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crew= Two, pilot and observer
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length main= 7.23 m
length alt= 23 ft 9 in
span main= 10.50 m
span alt= 34 ft 5 in
height main= 2.87
height alt= 9 ft 5 in
area main= 26.3 m²
area alt= 283 ft²
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empty weight main= 855 kg
empty weight alt= 1,885 lb
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max takeoff weight main=1,255 kg
max takeoff weight alt= 2,767 lb
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engine (prop)=BMW III a
type of prop= straight-6
number of props=1
power main=138 kW
power alt= 185 hp
power original=max speed main= 175 km/h
max speed alt= 109 mph
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range main= 320 km
range alt= 385 mi
ceiling main= 4,000 m
ceiling alt= 13,125 ft
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*1× fixed, forward-firing machine gun
*1× trainable, rearward-firing machine gun
*Up to 50 kg (110 lb) of disposable storesavionics=
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