Germania C.I
Role Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Germania Flugzeugwerke
First flight 1917
Primary user Luftstreitkräfte

The Germania C.I was a two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Germania Flugzeugwerke during World War I.

Design and development

Germania Flugzeugwerke built the C.I as a biplane of wooden construction with plywood and fabric construction. A forward firing Spandau machine gun and Parabellum machine gun were mounted in the aft cockpit.

A derivative of the C.I, the C.II, of which only a prototype was built, differed from the C.I in having staggered mainplanes and a reduced gap.

Specifications

Data from [1]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 8.10 m (26 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 12.40 m (40 ft 8 in)
  • Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
  • Empty weight: 790 kg (1,742 lb)
  • Gross weight: 1,210 kg (2,668 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IVa , 180 kW (240 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)

Armament

See also

Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

Related lists

References

  1. "Germania C.I(II)".

Bibliography

  • Angelucci, Enzo. The Rand McNally Encyclopedia of Military Aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego, California: The Military Press, 1983. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
  • Cowin, H.W. German and Austrian Aviation of World War I. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2000. ISBN 1-84176-069-2.
  • Gray, Peter and Owen Thetford. German aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam, 1970, 2nd edition. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
  • van Wyngarden, G. Early German Aces of World War I. Oxford, UK: Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2006. ISBN 1-84176-997-5
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