Rumpler C.VIII

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Rumpler C.VIII
Type Advanced trainer
Manufacturer Rumpler Flugzeugwerke
Maiden flight 1917
Introduced 1917
Retired 1924 (Finland)
Primary users Luftstreitkräfte
Finnish Air Force

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

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[edit] 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.

[edit] 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.

[edit] Operators

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  • 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.

[edit] Specifications (C.VIII)

Data from Suomen Ilmavoimat I

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Length: 8 m (26 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.2 m (40 ft 0 in)
  • Height: 3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
  • Wing area: m² (ft²)
  • Empty weight: kg (lb)
  • Useful load: kg (kg)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,374 kg (3,023 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1× Argus As III, 134 kW (180 hp)

Performance

Armament

  • 1 × machine gun
  • 50 kg (110 lb) of bombs

[edit] 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

[edit] See also

Related lists

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Idflieg C-, CL-, CS-, and CLS-class aircraft designations
C- and CL-

AEG: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VII  • C.VIII

AGO: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.VII  • C.VII

Albatros: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VII  • C.VIII  • C.IX  • C.X  • C.XI  • C.XII  • C.XIII  • C.XIV  • C.XV

Aviatik: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VIII  • C.IX

BFW: CL.I  • CL.II  • CL.III  • CL.IV

DFW: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI

Fokker: C.I

Friedrichshafen: C.I

Germania: C.I  • C.II  • C.IV

Halberstadt: C.I  • CL.II  • C.III  • CL.IV  • C.V  • C.VII  • C.VIII  • C.IX  • CLS.X

Hanover: C.I  • CL.II  • CL.III  • C.IV  • CL.V

Junkers: CL.I

LFG/Roland: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.V  • C.VIII

LVG: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VIII

OAW: C.I  • C.II

Otto: C.I  • C.II

Pfalz: C.I

Rumpler: C.I  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI  • C.VII  • C.VIII  • C.IX  • C.X

Sablatnig: C.I  • C.II  • C.III

Schütte-Lanz: C.I

Zeppelin-Friedrichshafen: C.I  • C.II

Zeppelin-Lindau: C.I  • C.II
CLS-

Albatros: CLS.I

Halberstadt: CLS.I  • CLS.II see also in main sequence above

Junkers: CLS.I
CS-

Zeppelin-Lindau: CS.I
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