Knoller D.I

Short description: 1910s Austria-Hungary prototype aircraft

D.I

General information
Type| Fighter
National origin| Austria-Hungary
Manufacturer| Knoller
Designer|

Richard Knoller

Management and usage| Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen (KuKLFT)

Number built| 2
History
First flight| 23 November 1917

The Knoller D.I series 70 was a prototype fighter aircraft built in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during World War I for use by the Kaiserliche und Königliche Luftfahrtruppen (KuKLFT).

## Variants

70.01
first prototype
70.02
second prototype
D.I
planned production version (10 ordered, none built)[1]

## Specifications (70.01)

Data from [2]

General characteristics

* Crew: 1
* Length: 6.35 m (20 ft 10 in)
* Wingspan: 8.02 m (26 ft 4 in)
* Height: 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in)
* Wing area: 22 m2 (240 sq ft)
* Empty weight: 646 kg (1,424 lb)
* Gross weight: 940 kg (2,072 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Hiero 6 cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 170 kW (230 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 240 km/h (150 mph, 130 kn)
* Cruise speed: 205 km/h (127 mph, 111 kn)
* Endurance: 2 hours 30 minutes
* Service ceiling: 7,550 m (24,770 ft)
* Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 4 minutes 24 seconds

Armament

* Guns: 2 × synchronized 8 mm (0.315 in) Schwarzlose MG-16 machine guns

## Citations

1. ↑ "Knoller 70.01". Airwar.ru. http://www.airwar.ru/enc/fww1/knoller7001.html.
2. ↑ Grosz, Peter M.; Haddow, George; Scheiner, Peter (2002). Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Boulder: Flying Machine Press. ISBN 1-891268-05-8.

## Bibliography

* The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Built and Flown (Revised and Updated ed.). London: Salamander Books. 2001. ISBN 1-84065-269-1.
* Grosz, Peter Michael; Haddow, George; Schiemer, Peter (1993). Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One. Mountain View, California: Flying Machines Press. ISBN 0-9637110-0-8.

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