| Halberstadt C.I | |
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| Halberstadt C.I on a snow covered runway during WWI | |
| Role | Reconnaissance |
| Manufacturer | Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke |
| First flight | Late 1917 |
| Primary user | Luftstreitkräfte |
| Developed from | Halberstadt B.II |
The Halberstadt C.I was a German single-engined reconnaissance biplane of World War I, built by Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke.
Design[]
The Halberstadt C.I was designed in late 1916 as a reconnaissance derivative of the company's B.II equipped with an Oberusel U.1 rotary engine. The aircraft's armament consisted of two front 7.92-mm machine gun LMG 08/15 Spandau and one turret 7.92-mm machine gun Parabellum mounted in the rear cockpit on a mobile turret.[1]
Operators[]
German Empire
Specifications[]
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
- Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
- Powerplant: 1 × Oberusel U.I rotary piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph; 89 kn)
- Endurance: 600 Km
- Time to altitude:
Armament
- Guns:
- 2x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun mounted in the forward fuselage port side
- 1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum machine gun on a flexible mounting in the rear cockpit
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/halbc1.html
- ↑ Treadwell, Terry, 2010. German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908-1918. Stroud: Amberley Publishing.
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