what is it?
The Rumpler 6B was a German floatplane fighter designed during World War I by Rumpler Flugzeugwerke for the Imperial German Navy's (Kaiserliche Marine) Naval Air Service (Marine-Fliegerabteilung). The 6B1 was a single-seat version of the Rumpler C.I reconnaissance biplane that entered service in mid-1916. The 6B2 was an improved version based on the Rumpler C.IV; deliveries of the 6B2 began in mid-1917.
How to recognise it: 1 engine · 12.2 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 110 years ago, in 1916.
- Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 cars parked nose to tail.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1916
- introduced
- 1916
- retired
- 1926
- status
- retired
- number built
- 88
- role
- floatplane fighter
- makers
- Rumpler, Rumpler-Werke
- engines
- 1× Mercedes D.III
- crew
- 1
- length
- 9.1 m
- wingspan
- 12.2 m
- height
- 3.5 m
- max take-off weight
- 1,140 kg
- top speed
- 153 km/h
- range
- —
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q2759019, Wikipedia: Rumpler 6B (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.