what is it?
The Rumpler D.I (factory designation 8D1) was a fighter-reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany at the end of World War I. It was a conventional single-bay biplane with wings of unequal span braced by I-struts. It featured an open cockpit and a fixed, tailskid undercarriage. The upper wing was fitted with aerodynamically balanced ailerons and fuselage had an oval cross-section.
How to recognise it: 1 piston engine with propeller · biplane · 8.4 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 108 years ago, in 1918.
piston: A car-like piston engine turning a propeller: simple and cheap, the classic small plane.
spec sheet
- first flight
- 1918
- number built
- —
- role
- fighter
- origin
- 🇩🇪 Germany
- makers
- Rumpler
- engines
- 1× Mercedes D.III
- length
- 5.8 m
- wingspan
- 8.4 m
- height
- 2.6 m
- max take-off weight
- 846 kg
- top speed
- 180 km/h
- range
- 360 km
- ceiling
- 7,000 m
- wings
- biplane
Specs are for the version in the Wikipedia article's specification section. Blank means the sources don't say.
Sources: Wikidata Q7379390, Wikipedia: Rumpler D.I (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.