Rumpler C.I

what is it?

Entering service in 1915, the Rumpler C.I, (company designation 5A 2), two-seater single-engine reconnaissance biplane, was one of the first German C-type aircraft, and also one of the longest serving in its class during World War I, being retired from the last front line units only in early 1918.

🔎How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · fixed tailwheel (taildragger) · 12.2 m wingspan

base stats

• speed 152 km/htop speed
• size 1,333 kgmax take-off weight

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 111 years ago, in 1915.
• 🚗Wingspan of 12.2 m: about 3 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

1915

introduced

1915

number built

—

role

reconnaissance aircraft

origin

German Empire

makers

Rumpler

engines

1× Mercedes D.III

crew

2

length

7.9 m

wingspan

12.2 m

height

3.1 m

max take-off weight

1,333 kg

top speed

152 km/h

range

—

ceiling

5,050 m

wings

biplane

landing gear

fixed conventional landing gear

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