Rumpler C.I

Infobox Aircraft
name=Rumpler C.I


caption=
type=Reconnaissance aircraft
manufacturer=Rumpler Flugzeugwerke
designer=
first flight=
introduced=1915
retired=
status=
primary user=Luftstreitkräfte
more users= Poland
produced= 1915 - 1917
number built=
variants with their own articles=Rumpler 6B-1Entering service in 1915, the Rumpler C.I, a two-seater single-engine reconnaissance biplane, was one of the first German C-type aircraft, and also one of the longest serving in its class during the World War I, being retired from the last front line units only in early 1918.

The C.I was a successful design, and it was used on Western and Eastern Fronts, Macedonia, Salonika and Palestine. Early production examples were armed only with a single Parabellum machine gun on a Schneider ring mounting, but later aircraft had additionally a synchronised Spandau gun on the port side of fuselage. When used as a light bomber the C.I could also carry 100 kg of bombs.

In addition to the parent company, the Bayerische Rumpler-Werke, the Rumpler C.I was also produced by the Germania Flugzeug-Werke, the Märkische Flugzeug-Werke, the Hannoversche Waggonfabrik and the Albert Rinne Flugzeug-Werke. Variants included the C.Ia, which used a 180 hp Argus As.III engine instead of Mercedes D.III, the C.II, of which there's no evidence that any were actually built, 6B-1 single-seat floatplane fighter, and a Rumpler-built batch of C.Is intended for training which omitted the gun ring in the rear cockpit and was powered by a 150 hp Benz Bz.III.

It was this training role in which the C.I was latterly used, its friendly handling qualities making it suitable to be flown even by inexperienced pilots.

Operators

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pecifications (C.I)

aircraft specifications

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

capacity=
length main= 7,85 m
length alt= ft in
span main=12,15 m
span alt= ft in
height main=3,05 m
height alt= ft in
area main= 35,70 m²
area alt= ft
airfoil=
empty weight main= kg
empty weight alt= lb
loaded weight main= kg
loaded weight alt= lb
useful load main= kg
useful load alt= lb
max takeoff weight main= kg
max takeoff weight alt= lb

engine (jet)=
type of jet=
number of jets=
thrust main= lbf
thrust alt= kN
engine (prop)=
type of prop=
number of props=1
power main= hp
power alt= kW
max speed main= 152 km/h at sea level
max speed alt= mph at ft
cruise speed main= km/h
cruise speed alt= mph
never exceed speed main= km/h
never exceed speed alt= mph
stall speed main= km/h
stall speed alt= mph
range main= 4 hours
range alt= of flying time
ceiling main= 5050 m
ceiling alt= ft
climb rate main= minutes to m
climb rate alt= minutes to ft
loading main= kg/m²
loading alt= lb/ft²
more performance=

crew=2, pilot and observer

loaded weight main= 1330 kg
engine (prop)= Mercedes D.III water-cooled in-line
type of prop=
power main=160 hp
power alt=120 kW
armament=* 1 × fixed forward-firing 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 with an interruptor gear on the port side of the fuselage (in later aircraft only)
*1 × 7.92 mm Parabellum MG14 machine gun on a Schneider ring mounting
* 10 × 10 kg bombs

References

* Munson, Kenneth - Bombers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1914 - 1919 ISBN 0 7537 0918 X
* Munson, Kenneth - Fighters, Attack and Training Aircraft 1914 - 1919 ISBN 0 7537 0916 3

ee also

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similar aircraft=
Albatros C.I - Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.8

sequence=C.I -C.II -
C.III -
C.IV -C.V -
C.VII

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