Rumpler C.X
| C.X | |
|---|---|
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| Role | Observation aircraft |
| National origin | German |
| Manufacturer | Rumpler |
| First flight | 1918 |
| Number built | 1 |
The Rumpler C.X, produced under the company designation Rumpler 8C 14, was a German two-seat observation aircraft. It was developed from the earlier Rumpler 8C 13 prototype by Rumpler in early 1918. The prototype had a similar wing design to the Rumpler C.VII, powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Mercedes D.IVa engine and was later powered by a 240 hp (179 kW) Maybach Mb.IVa. The C.X had the highest top speed and service ceiling of all German C-type aircraft and an order was placed for the aircraft in August 1918, but few were built and tested before the war ended.[1]
Specifications
[edit]Data from Over the Front, Volume 23[1][2]
General characteristics
- Crew: two
- Length: 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
- Height: 3.12 m (10 ft 3 in)
- Wing area: 29 m2 (310 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 950 kg (2,094 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,385 kg (3,053 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IV 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
- Endurance: 3⅓ hours
- Service ceiling: 7,800 m (25,600 ft)
- Rate of climb: 3.07 m/s (604 ft/min)
- Time to altitude: 6,000 m (20,000 ft) in 27 minutes, 7,800 m (25,600 ft) in 59 minutes
Armament
- Guns: 1 × fixed LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun, 1 × manually aimed Parabellum MG 14/17 machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit.
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ a b Herris 2008.
- ^ Gray & Thetford 1970, p. 520.
References
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- Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 520. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
- Herris, J. (2008). "Rare Birds: Rumpler C.X". Over the Front. XXIII (1). League of World War I Aviation Historians: 78. ISSN 0888-272X.
- Herris, Jack (2014). Rumpler Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 11. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-21-6.