LFG Roland D.II

what is it?

The LFG Roland D.II was a German single-seat fighter of World War I. The type was manufactured by Luftfahrzeug Gesellschaft, and also by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke under license.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · 8.9 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 180 km/htop speed
• size 954 kgmax take-off weight
• built 300made 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 110 years ago, in 1916.

piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.

spec sheet

first flight

1916-10

introduced

1917

number built

300

role

fighter

makers

Luft-Fahrzeug-Gesellschaft

engines

1× Mercedes D.III

crew

1

length

6.9 m

wingspan

8.9 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

954 kg

top speed

180 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,000 m

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