Rumpler C.VI

C.VI
General information
Type	High-altitude reconnaissance aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Rumpler

The Rumpler C.VI was a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft used by the Germans during the First World War. The aircraft was designed, along with the C.VII, based on the previous success of high-altitude Zeppelins, from which the engine was also taken: the Maybach Mb.IVa high-altitude high-compression engine. To operate in thinner atmosphere, the aircraft also had a special carburetor and radiator. The radiator was half-sized to reduce weight. ^[1]

References

1. Lawson, Eric; Lawson, Jane (1996). The First Air Campaign, August 1914–November 1918 . Conshohocken, Pennsylvania: Combined Books. p. 135 – via Questia Online Library.^{[ dead link ]}

Bibliography

• Herris, Jack (2014). Rumpler Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 11. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN   978-1-935881-21-6.
• Klaauw, Bart van der (March–April 1999). "Unexpected Windfalls: Accidentally or Deliberately, More than 100 Aircraft 'arrived' in Dutch Territory During the Great War". Air Enthusiast (80): 54–59. ISSN   0143-5450.