B.I | |
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Role | Trainer aircraftType of aircraft |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Kondor Flugzeugwerke, Essen |
Designer | Walter Rethel |
First flight | January 1918 |
The Kondor B.I was a German two seat, biplane training aircraft designed and built close to the end of World War I.
Design and development
The Kondor B.I was built as a trainer aircraft of all-wood construction at the end of 1917. It was revolutionary in terms of reducing the number of parts necessary for the assembly of the aircraft to a minimum.
The first flight of the aircraft took place in January 1918. After successful test flights, a small batch of B.Is was ordered.
Specifications
Data from
General characteristics
- Crew: One
- Length: 6.85 m (22 ft 6 in)
- Wingspan: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
- Empty weight: 806 kg (1,777 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.II 6-cylinder, liquid-cooled inline engine, 89 kW (120 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller
References
- "Kondor B.I". www.airwar.ru.
Further reading
- Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen (1987) . German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
- Herris, Jack (2020). German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Gret War Aviation Centennial Series (49). Vol. 1: Alter to Korn. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-85-8.
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