Halberstadt C.I

Halberstadt C.I
Halberstadt C.I on a snow covered runway during WWI
General information
Type	Reconnaissance
Manufacturer	Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke
Management and usage	Luftstreitkräfte
History
First flight	Late 1917
Developed from	Halberstadt B.II

The Halberstadt C.I was a German single-engined reconnaissance biplane of World War I, built by Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke.

The Halberstadt C.I was designed in late 1916 as a reconnaissance derivative of the company's B.II equipped with an Oberusel U.1 rotary engine. The aircraft's armament consisted of two front 7.92-mm machine gun LMG 08/15 Spandau and one turret 7.92-mm machine gun Parabellum mounted in the rear cockpit on a mobile turret.^[1]

 German Empire

• Luftstreitkrafte

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
• Wingspan: 9.6 m (31 ft 6 in)
• Height: 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
• Powerplant: 1 × Oberursel U.I rotary piston engine, 82 kW (110 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
• Endurance: 600 Km

Armament

• Guns:
  
• 2x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun mounted in the forward fuselage port side
• 1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum machine gun on a flexible mounting in the rear cockpit

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Germany

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