WWI German reconnaissance biplane
Germania C.I
Role
Reconnaissance aircraftType of aircraft
Manufacturer
Germania Flugzeugwerke
First flight
1917
Primary user
Luftstreitkräfte
The Germania C.I was a two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Germania Flugzeugwerke during World War I .
Design and development
Germania Flugzeugwerke built the C.I as a biplane of wooden construction with plywood and fabric construction. A forward firing Spandau machine gun and Parabellum machine gun were mounted in the aft cockpit.
A derivative of the C.I, the C.II , of which only a prototype was built, differed from the C.I in having staggered mainplanes and a reduced gap.[citation needed ]
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 12.40 m (40 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
Empty weight: 790 kg (1,742 lb)
Gross weight: 1,210 kg (2,668 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IVa , 180 kW (240 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
Cruise speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)
Armament
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
Related lists
References
Bibliography
Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. ISBN 0-517-41021-4 .
Cowin, H.W. German and Austrian Aviation of World War I . Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-84176-069-2 .
Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1970, 2nd edition. ISBN 0-370-00103-6 .
van Wyngarden, G. Early German Aces of World War I. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2006. ISBN 1-84176-997-5
Early aircraft Military Idflieg designations
B type unarmed reconnaissance biplanes C type armed reconnaissance biplanes D type Doppeldecker fighters Dr type Dreidecker triplane fighters G type Grossflugzeug bombers J type close support
Company designations
Landflugzeug (Landplanes)Wasserflugzeug (Seaplanes)Höhenflugzeug (High Altitude)
Fighters Bombers and ground attack Reconnaissance Trainers Prototypes
People and aircraft Campaigns and battles Entente Powers air services Central Powers air services