Rumpler
Edmund Rumpler founded Rumpler Luftfahrzeugbau in Berlin-Johannisthal in 1908 and initially built Taube designs but soon moved into biplane land planes and sea planes. A small venture into twin-engine bombers was made, but Idflieg wisely influenced the firm to concentrate on their excellent C.IV/VII derivatives instead.[1]
Production aircraft from the Great War or shortly thereafter include:
- Early Planes
- C-Class Two-Seaters
- Rumpler C.I
- Rumpler C.Ia
- Rumpler C.III
- Rumpler C.IV
- Rumpler C.V
- Rumpler C.VI [note 1]
- Rumpler C.VII
- Rumper C.VIII [note 2]
- Rumpler C.IX
- Rumpler Rubild [note 3]
- Rumpler Rubild Mb [note 4]
- Bombers
- Rumpler 4A15 [note 5]
- Rumpler G.I
- Rumpler G.II
- Rumpler G.III
- Seaplanes
- Rumpler DD
- Rumpler 4A [note 6]
- Rumpler 4B1 [note 7]
- Rumpler 4B2
- Rumpler 4B11
- Rumpler 4B12
- Rumpler 4B13 [note 8]
- Rumpler 4E [note 9]
- Rumpler 6B1
- Rumpler 6B2
References
- Notes
- ↑ The "C.VI" was the original designation of the Rubild.[2]
- ↑ The C.VIII was a trainer version of the C.IV with a 180hp Argus engine.[2]
- ↑ The Rubild was a version of the C.IV focused on photography.[2]
- ↑ The Rubild Mb was a version of the C.IV focused on high-altitude photography, equipped with a 245hp Maybach Mb.IVa high-compression engine.[2]
- ↑ The 4A15 was a prototype twin-engine bomber which first flew in 1915. It led to the G.I and its successors.[3]
- ↑ The Rumpler 4A was basically a Rumpler B.I with floats.[4]
- ↑ The Rumpler 4B1 was a one-off refinement of the 4A. It was rejected by the Navy.[4]
- ↑ The Rumpler 4B13 was a prototype with a 160hp Gnome engine, but it did not move into production.[4]
- ↑ The Rumpler 4E was a 1914 flying boat design, but only one or two were built.[4]
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
- Jack Herris, German G-Type Bombers of WWI. Aeronaut Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-935881-26-1.
- Jack Herris, Rumpler Aircraft of WWI. Aeronaut Books, 2014. ISBN 978-1-935881-21-6.
- Heinz J. Nowarra, Bruce Robertson, and Peter G. Cooksley. Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Herts, England: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1966. ISBN 0900435070