Kondor E 3

what is it?

The Kondor E 3, sometimes erroneously known as E.III, was a German single seat, monoplane fighter aircraft designed and built close to the end of World War I. Though successful in the third D-type fighter competition at Aldershof in September 1918, only a few were produced, given the Idflieg designation of Kondor D.I.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · high wing · 9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 190 km/htop speed
• size 640 kgmax take-off weight
• built 10made in total

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 108 years ago, in 1918.
• 🚗Wingspan of 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

1918-09

number built

10

role

fighter aircraft

origin

German Empire

makers

Kondor Flugzeugwerke

engines

1× Oberursel Ur.III

length

5.5 m

wingspan

9 m

height

2.8 m

max take-off weight

640 kg

top speed

190 km/h

range

—

ceiling

6,180 m

wings

high wing

Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.