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The Rumpler G.I was a
* 4A15 - prototype with
The Rumpler G.I was a bomber
A bomber is a military combat aircraft designed to attack ground and naval targets by dropping air-to-ground weaponry (such as bombs), launching torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. The first use of bombs dropped from an air ...
aircraft produced in Germany
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during World War I
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, together with refined versions known as the G.II and G.III.Taylor 1989, p.772
Design and development
Based on a prototype with the factory designation 4A15, the G.I and its successors were built to a conventional bomber design for their time, two-bay biplanes with unstaggered wings of unequal span.''The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft'', p.2834 The pilot sat in an open cockpit just forward of the wings, and open positions were provided in the nose and amidships for a gunner and observer. The engines were mounted pusher-fashion in nacelles atop the lower wings and enclosed in streamlined cowlings. Fixedtricycle undercarriage
Tricycle gear is a type of aircraft undercarriage, or ''landing gear'', arranged in a tricycle fashion. The tricycle arrangement has a single nose wheel in the front, and two or more main wheels slightly aft of the center of gravity. Tricycle g ...
was fitted, with dual wheels on each unit.
The G.II version was almost identical, but featured more powerful engines and carried a second 7.92 mm (.312 in) machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic, rifled autoloading firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as automatic shotguns and automatic rifles (including assault rifles and battle rifles) ar ...
and increased bombload. The G.III was again similar, but had engine nacelles that were now mounted on short struts clear of the lower wing.
Variants
* 4A15 - prototype with Benz Bz.III
The Benz Bz.III was a six-cylinder, water-cooled, inline engine developed in Germany for use in aircraft in 1914. Developing 112 kW (150 hp) at 1,400 rpm from 14.3 L (875 cu in),Smith 1981, p.53. it powered many German military aircraft ...
enginesGray & Thetford 1962, p.529
* 5A15 - G.I production version with single machine gun and Benz Bz.III or Mercedes D.III enginesGray & Thetford 1962, p.530 (c. 60 built)
* 5A16 - G.II production version with Benz Bz.IV engines and two machine gunsGray & Thetford 1962, p.531 (c. 72 built)Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.140
* 6G2 - G.III production version with Mercedes D.IVa engines and two machine gunsGray & Thetford 1962, p.532 (c. 90 built)
Specifications (G.III)
Notes
References
* * * * {{Idflieg G, GL, K, L and N-class designations 1910s German bomber aircraft G.I Biplanes Twin-engined pusher aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1915