Rumpler B.I

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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

4A - landplane with Mercedes D.I engine, military designation B.I^[3]
- 4A13 - B.I with balanced, comma-style rudder^[4]
- 4A14 - version with Benz Bz.III engine^[5]
4B - seaplane
- 4B1 - version with Mercedes D.I engine^[6]
- 4B2 - version with Benz Bz.III engine^[6]
- 4B11 - version with Benz Bz.I engine^[5]
- 4B12 - version with Benz Bz.III engine^[5]

Operators

Denmark

Royal Danish Air Force - Postwar.

Germany

Luftstreitkrafte
Kaiserliche Marine

Turkey

Ottoman Air Force

Specifications (B.I)

Data from Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518

General characteristics

Crew: Two, pilot and observer
Length: 8.40 m (27 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
Empty weight: 750 kg (1,650 lb)
Gross weight: 970 kg (2,100 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.I, 75 kW (100 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph)

Notes

↑ Taylor 1989, p.771
↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2833
↑ 3.0 3.1 Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518
↑ Gray & Thetford 1962, p.519
↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Gray & Thetford 1962, p.520
↑ 6.0 6.1 Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.127

References

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Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
Kroschel, Günter; Helmut Stützer (1994). Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918. Herford: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. Cite uses deprecated parameters (help)
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.

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