Rumpler B.I

Rumpler B.I
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Rumpler
First flight 1914
Primary user Luftstreitkräfte
Number built ca 225

The Rumpler B.I (factory designation 4A) was a military reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany during World War I.[1] It was a conventional two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings of unequal span.[2] It featured two open cockpits in tandem and fixed, tailskid undercarriage.[2] Its upper wing reflected the wing design of the Etrich Taube that Rumpler was building at the time.[3]

Rumpler built 198 of these aircraft for the Luftstreitkräfte, plus 26 seaplane versions for the Imperial German Navy.[2]

Variants

Specifications (B.I)

Data from Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518

General characteristics

Performance

Notes

  1. ^ Taylor 1989, p.771
  2. ^ a b c The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2833
  3. ^ a b Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518
  4. ^ Gray & Thetford 1962, p.519
  5. ^ a b c Gray & Thetford 1962, p.520
  6. ^ a b Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.127

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