Rumpler B.I

B.I
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Rumpler
First flight	1914
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	ca 225

The Rumpler B.I (factory designation 4A) was a military reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany during World War I.^[1] It was a conventional two-bay biplane with unstaggered wings of unequal span.^[2] It featured two open cockpits in tandem and fixed, tailskid undercarriage.^[2] Its upper wing reflected the wing design of the Etrich Taube that Rumpler was building at the time.^[3]

Rumpler built 198 of these aircraft for the Luftstreitkräfte, plus 26 seaplane versions for the Imperial German Navy.^[2]

Variants

4A - landplane with Mercedes D.I engine, military designation B.I^[3]
- 4A13 - B.I with balanced, comma-style rudder^[4]
- 4A14 - version with Benz Bz.III engine^[5]
4B - seaplane
- 4B1 - version with Mercedes D.I engine^[6]
- 4B2 - version with Benz Bz.III engine^[6]
- 4B11 - version with Benz Bz.I engine^[5]
- 4B12 - version with Benz Bz.III engine^[5]

Operators

Denmark

Royal Danish Air Force - Postwar.

Germany

Turkey

Ottoman Air Force

Specifications (B.I)

Data from Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518

General characteristics

Crew: Two, pilot and observer
Length: 8.40 m (27 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 13.00 m (42 ft 8 in)
Height: 3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
Empty weight: 750 kg (1,650 lb)
Gross weight: 970 kg (2,100 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.I, 75 kW (100 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph)

Notes

↑ Taylor 1989, p.771
1 2 3 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2833
1 2 Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518
↑ Gray & Thetford 1962, p.519
1 2 3 Gray & Thetford 1962, p.520
1 2 Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.127

References

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Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam.
The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft. London: Aerospace Publishing.
Kroschel, Günter; Helmut Stützer (1994). Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918. Herford: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn.
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions.

Aircraft designed and built by Rumpler

Military designations

Unarmed two-seaters	B.I

Armed two-seaters	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X

Armed single-seaters	D.I

Large aircraft	G.I G.II G.III

Company designations

1914	4A 4A13 4A14 4A15 4B1 4B2 4B11 4B12 4C 4E

1915	5A2 5A3 5A4 5A15 5A16

1916	6A2 6A5 6A6 6A7 6B1 6B2 6G2

1917	7C1 7D1-7D8

1918	8C14 8D1

Idflieg B-class aircraft designations

AEG B.I B.II B.III Albatros B.I B.II B.III Aviatik B.I B.II DFW B.I B.II Euler B.I B.II B.III Halberstadt B.I B.II B.III Kondor B.I LVG B.I B.II B.III NFW B.I Otto B.I Rumpler B.I Sablatnig B.I

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