Engineering:Halberstadt CLS.I
| Halberstadt CLS.I | |
|---|---|
| Role | Reconnaissance aircraft |
| Manufacturer | Halberstadt |
| First flight | October 1918 |
| Status | prototype only |
| Primary user | Luftstreitkräfte |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Halberstadt CL.IV |
The Germania C.I was a prototype two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Halberstadt during World War I.
Design and development
Halberstadt based the CLS.I on the earlier CL.IV design, with modifications including a modified wing profile of a lower curvature and a more streamlined rear fuselage. All these improvements were introduced to obtain a higher flight speed, (hence "S" in CLS standing for schnell, meaning "fast" in German). The prototype flew on 2 October 1918, but the aircraft didn't enter production due to the Armistice.[1]
Halberstadt had plans for derivatives of the CLS.I armed with 3.5 cm (1.378 in) revolver cannon, the CLS II and CLS X, but these designs never left the drawing board by the end of World War I.[1]
Specifications (CLS I)
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 6.95 m (22 ft 10 in)
- Wingspan: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
- Height: 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 26.4 m2 (284 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 682 kg (1,504 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,102 kg (2,429 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
- Time to altitude: 4,500 m (14,800 ft) in 36 minutes
Armament
- Guns: 1x fixed forward firing synchronised 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun and 1x flexibly mounted Parabellum MG14 in the rear cockpit
- Bombs: 4x 10 kg (22 lb) bombs
See also
Related development
Aircraft of comparable role, configuration and era
Related lists
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 421. ISBN 0-370-00103-6. https://archive.org/details/germanaircraftfi00thet.
Further reading
- Treadwell, Terry. German and Austro-Hungarian aircraft manufacturers 1908-1918. Amberley Pub. ISBN 978-1445601021.
- Angelucci, Enzo (1983). The Rand McNally encyclopedia of military aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego: Military Press. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
- Cowin, H.W. (2000). German and Austrian aviation of World War I : a pictorial chronicle of the airmen and aircraft that forged German airpower. Oxford: Osprey Pub. ISBN 1-84176-069-2.
- Van Wyngarden, G. (2000). Early German aces of World War I. Oxford: Osprey Pub.. ISBN 1-84176-997-5.
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