Rumpler C.X

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The Rumpler C.X, given the company designation Rumpler 8C 14, was a German two-seater, developed from the earlier Rumpler 8C 13 prototype by Rumpler in early 1918. The prototype had a similar wing cellule to the C.VII, and was initially powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Mercedes D.IVa engine, later powered by a 240 hp (179 kW) Maybach Mb.IVa engines). The C.X had the highest top speed and service ceiling of all German C-type aircraft and an order was placed for the aircraft in August 1918. However, only a few were built and tested before the war ended.^[1]

Specifications

Data from Over the Front, Volume 23,^[1]^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.12 m (10 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 29 m² (310 sq ft)
Empty weight: 950 kg (2,094 lb)
Gross weight: 1,385 kg (3,053 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IV 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 195 km/h (121 mph; 105 kn)
Endurance: 3⅓ hours
Service ceiling: 7,800 m (25,591 ft)
Rate of climb: 3.07 m/s (604 ft/min)
Time to altitude: 6,000 m (20,000 ft) in 27 minutes, 7,800 m (25,600 ft) in 59 minutes

Armament

Guns: 1x fixed LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun + 1x manually aimed Parabellum MG 14/17 machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 Over the Front (League of World War I Aviation Historians) 23: 78. 2008.
↑ Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London,: Putnam. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

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