Rumpler B.I

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The Rumpler B.I (factory designation 4A) was a military reconnaissance aircraft produced in Germany during World War I.[1]

Design and development

The B.I 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

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Specifications

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Notes

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  1. Taylor 1989, p.771
  2. a b c The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft, p.2833
  3. a b Gray & Thetford 1962, p.518
  4. Gray & Thetford 1962, p.519
  5. a b c Gray & Thetford 1962, p.520
  6. a b Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.127

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Further reading

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