what is it?
The Daimler D.I (also known by the company designation L6) was a German fighter aircraft of World War I. It was a conventional biplane design with a very small interplane gap - the top wing nearly touched the top of the fuselage. Power was provided by a Daimler D.IIIb water-cooled V-8 engine.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 9.9 m wingspan
base stats
Bars compare against all aircraft: 3,500 km/h, 20,000 km, 850 seats; size and number built on a log scale up to 640 t (An-225) and 45,000 built (Cessna 172).
fun facts
- First flew 109 years ago, in 1917.
- Wingspan of 9.9 m: about 2 cars parked nose to tail.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1917-11
- number built
- 6
- role
- fighter
- origin
- German Reich
- makers
- Daimler Motors Corporation
- engines
- 1× Daimler D.IIIb / Mercedes D.III
- crew
- 1
- length
- 7.3 m
- wingspan
- 9.9 m
- height
- 2.8 m
- max take-off weight
- 925 kg
- top speed
- 183 km/h
- range
- —
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q4163284, Wikipedia: Daimler D.I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.