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Kondor B.I

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B.I
Role Trainer 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 [1]

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

  1. ^ "Kondor B.I". www.airwar.ru.

Further reading