Rumpler B.I Explained
The Rumpler B.I (factory designation 4A) was a military reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany during World War I.[1]
Design and development
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]
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
Germany
References
- Book: Gray, Peter . Owen Thetford . German Aircraft of the First World War . Putnam . London . 1962 .
- Book: Herris . Jack . Rumpler Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes . 2014 . Aeronaut Books . n.p. . 978-1-935881-21-6. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. 11.
- Book: The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft . Aerospace Publishing. London .
- Book: Kroschel, Günter . Helmut Stützer . Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918 . Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn . Herford . 1994.
- Book: Taylor, Michael J. H. . Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . 1989 . Studio Editions . London .
Further reading
- Nicolle . David . Young Turks: Ottoman Turkish Fighters 1915–1918 . Air Enthusiast . March–April 1999 . 74 . 0143-5450 . 40–45.
Notes and References
- Taylor 1989, p.771
- The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2833
- Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518
- Gray & Thetford 1962, p.519
- Gray & Thetford 1962, p.520
- Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.127
