B.I | |
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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]
The B.I 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]
Data from Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518
General characteristics
Performance
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]
The B.I 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]
Data from Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518
General characteristics
Performance