Germania C.I
WWI German reconnaissance biplane
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Role | Reconnaissance aircraft Type 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
- 1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun in observer's cockpit
- 1 × forward firing fixed LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun
See also
Related development
- Albatros B.II
- Albatros C.III
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era
- Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2
- LVG C.II
- Rumpler C.I
Related lists
References
- ^ "Germania C.I(II)".
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
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designations
B type unarmed reconnaissance biplanes |
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D type Doppeldecker fighters | |
Dr type Dreidecker triplane fighters | |
G type Grossflugzeug bombers | |
J type close support |
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