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Rumpler C.IV
Rumpler C.IV | |
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Type | Reconnaissance aircraft |
Manufacturer | Bayerische Rumpler-Werke |
Designed by | Dr. Edmund Rumpler |
Introduced | 1917 |
Primary user | Luftstreitkräfte |
Variants | Rumpler 6B-2 |
The Rumpler C.IV was German single-engine, two-seater reconnaissance biplane. The C.IV was a development of Rumpler C.III with different tail surfaces and using a Mercedes D.IVa engine in place of C.III's Benz Bz.IV. In addition to the parent company, the aircraft was also built by Pfalz Flugzeugwerke as the Pfalz C.I. Another variant of the basic design was the Rumpler 6B-2 single-seat floatplane fighter, with a 160 hp (120 kW) Mercedes D.III engine, built for the Imperial Navy.
For a 2-seater reconnaissance aircraft, Rumpler C.IV had an excellent performance, which enabled it to remain in front line service until the end of World War I on the Western Front, as well as in Italy and Palestine.
Specifications (C.IV)
General characteristics
- Crew: 2 (pilot and observer)
- Length: 8,41 m (ft in)
- Wingspan: 12,66 m (ft in)
- Height: m (ft in)
- Wing area: 33,50 m² (ft)
- Empty weight: kg (lb)
- Loaded weight: 1530 kg (lb)
- Useful load: kg (lb)
- Max takeoff weight: kg (lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Mercedes D.IVa water-cooled in-line , 260 hp (194 kW)
Performance
- Never exceed speed: km/h (mph)
- Maximum speed: 171 km/h at 500 m (mph at ft)
- Cruise speed: km/h (mph)
- Stall speed: km/h (mph)
- Range: 3 h. 30 min. (of flying time)
- Service ceiling: 6400 m (ft)
- Rate of climb: 38 minutes to 5000 m (minutes to ft)
- Wing loading: kg/m² (lb/ft²)
Armament
- 1 × fixed forward-firing 7.92 mm LMG 08/15 with an interruptor gear
- 1 x 7.92 mm Parabellum MG14 machine gun on a ring mounting
- 100 kg of bombs
References
- Munson, Kenneth. Bombers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1914 - 1919. ISBN 0 7537 0918 X
- ______. Fighters, Attack and Training Aircraft 1914 - 1919. ISBN 0 7537 0916 3
See also
Comparable aircraft
Albatros C.X - LVG C.VI - Salmson 2
See also
A page about Max Psaar, an ethnic Sorbian Rumpler C.IV pilot of Luftstreitkräfte (in German).
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