Rumpler B.I

The Rumpler B.I (factory designation 4A) was a military reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany during World War I.Taylor 1989, p.771

Design and development The B.I was a conventional two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings of unequal span.The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2833 It featured two open cockpits in tandem and fixed, tailskid undercarriage. Its upper wing reflected the wing design of the Etrich Taube that Rumpler was building at the time.Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518

Rumpler built 198 of these aircraft for the Luftstreitkräfte, plus 26 seaplane versions for the Imperial German Navy.

Variants 4A - landplane with Mercedes D.I engine, military designation B.I 4A13 - B.I with balanced, comma-style rudderGray & Thetford 1962, p.519 4A14 - version with Benz Bz.III engineGray & Thetford 1962, p.520 4B - seaplane 4B1 - version with Mercedes D.I engineKroschel & Stützer 1994, p.127 4B2 - version with Benz Bz.III engine 4B11 - version with Benz Bz.I engine 4B12 - version with Benz Bz.III engine

Operators

Royal Danish Air Force - Postwar.

Luftstreitkrafte Kaiserliche Marine

Ottoman Air Force

Specifications

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References

Rumpler B.I

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