Halberstadt C.I

The Halberstadt C.I was a German single-engined reconnaissance biplane of World War I, built by Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke.

Halberstadt C.I
Halberstadt C.I on a snow covered runway during WWI
Role Reconnaissance
Manufacturer Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke
First flight Late 1917
Primary user Luftstreitkräfte
Developed from Halberstadt B.II

Design

The Halberstadt C.I was designed in late 1916 as a reconnaissance derivative of the company's B.II equipped with an Oberusel U.1 rotary engine. The aircraft's armament consisted of two front 7.92-mm machine gun LMG 08/15 Spandau and one turret 7.92-mm machine gun Parabellum mounted in the rear cockpit on a mobile turret.[1]

Operators
 German Empire

Specifications

Data from [2]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
  • Wingspan: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
  • Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Oberusel U.I rotary piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp)

Performance

  • Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
  • Endurance: 600 Km
  • Time to altitude:

Armament

  • Guns:
  • 2x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun mounted in the forward fuselage port side
  • 1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum machine gun on a flexible mounting in the rear cockpit

See also

Related lists

References
  1. http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/halbc1.html
  2. Treadwell, Terry, 2010. German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908-1918. Stroud: Amberley Publishing.
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