Engineering:Zeppelin-Lindau C.I
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Short description: German two-seat, single-engine ground attack biplane
| Zeppelin-Lindau C.I | |
|---|---|
| Role | Experimental |
| Manufacturer | Zeppelin-Lindau |
| Designer | Claude Dornier |
| First flight | March 1917 |
| Number built | 9 |
| Variants | Zeppelin-Lindau C.II |
The Zeppelin Lindau C.I was a German single-engine two-seat biplane, designed by Claude Dornier and built by Zeppelin Lindau in World War II.[1] Intended to investigate stressed-skin construction, it had an all-metal fuselage in which the Aluminium alloy skin was load bearing; the wings had aluminium alloy box spars but were fabric covered
Specifications (variant specified)
Data from [2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
- Height: 2.76 m (9 ft 1 in)
- Wing area: 25.82 m2 (277.9 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 728 kg (1,605 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,068 kg (2,355 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 4 minutes 30 seconds; 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 18 minutes; 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 60 minutes 24 seconds
Armament
- Guns: 1x fixed forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG08 Spandau machine-gun and 1x flexibly mounted 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun
References
- ↑ Forsyth, Robert; Luijken, Wiek (Illustrator); Tooby, Adam (Illustrator); Schatz, Simon (Illustrator) (18 Oct 2018). Dornier Do 335: X-Planes 9. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472828897.
- ↑ Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 577. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
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