- Source: Rumpler C.IX
The Rumpler C.IX was a German single-engine, two-seat reconnaissance biplane of World War I.
Development
At the end of 1916, the Rumpler design bureau, led by Edmund Rumpler, conceived the two-seat reconnaissance 7C 1 alongside the single seat 7D 1 fighter (which became the Rumpler D.I) Rumpler's 7C 1 design was given the designation C.IX by the Idflieg. The Rumpler C.IX had single I-type interplane struts and a smooth oval multi-stringered fuselage.
The first C.IX began testing in the spring of 1917. As a result of flight tests, a constructive flaw in the vertical rudder was revealed. After completion, the second version of the aircraft was successfully tested and a contract was signed for the production of a small series of 20 aircraft (with numbers 1501/17 -1520/17).
Operators
German Empire
Luftstreitkrafte
Specifications (C.IX)
Data from General characteristics
Crew: 2
Length: 6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 8.2 m (26 ft 11 in)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller
Performance
Armament
Guns:
1 × fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 with an interruptor gear
1 × 7.92 mm (.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun on a ring mounting
References
= Bibliography
=Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London, Putnam, 1962.
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.
Munson, Kenneth. Aircraft of World War I. London: Ian Allan, 1967. ISBN 0-7110-0356-4.
Munson, Kenneth. Bombers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1914 - 1919. ISBN 0-7537-0918-X
Munson, Kenneth. Fighters, Attack and Training Aircraft 1914 - 1919. ISBN 0-7537-0916-3.