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The Siemens-Schuckert E.I was a German fighter aircraft, manufactured by
Siemens-Schuckert
Siemens-Schuckert (or Siemens-Schuckertwerke) was a German electrical engineering company headquartered in Berlin, Erlangen and Nuremberg that was incorporated into the Siemens AG in 1966.
Siemens Schuckert was founded in 1903 when Siemens & Ha ...
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The E type (Eindecker) monoplane first flew in late 1915. it was a monoplane with wire braced wings. powered by the
Siemens-Halske Sh.I rotary engine it was armed with a single
LMG 08/15
The ''Maschinengewehr'' 08, or MG 08, was the German Army's standard machine gun in World War I and is an adaptation of Hiram S. Maxim's original 1884 Maxim gun. It was produced in a number of variants during the war. The MG 08 served during Wo ...
machine gun. After a successful evaluation, 20 production models were built.
[Donald, David, ''The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft'' (pg 838). (1997). Prospero Books. ]
Variants
; E.II : 1 prototype built. Powered by 89 kW (120 hp)
Argus As.II inline engine. Destroyed in an accident.
; E.III : 6 built. Powered by 75 kW (100 hp)
Oberursel U.I
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The Oberursel U.I was an early German aircraft engine that powered many German fighter aircraft in the first part of World War I. It was a 9-cylinder air-cooled rotary engine, a licence-built copy of the Gnome DeltaKyrill von Gersdorff ...
9-cylinder
rotary engine
The rotary engine is an early type of internal combustion engine, usually designed with an odd number of cylinders per row in a radial configuration. The engine's crankshaft remained stationary in operation, while the entire crankcase and i ...
, a licence built Gnome Delta.
; E.IV : Powered by a Siemens-Halske Sh.I. Fuselage circular in cross-section project only.
Operators
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Luftstreitkräfte
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Specifications (E.I)
References
* Peter Gray and Owen Thetford ''German Aircraft of the First World War'' London: Putnam, 1962
External links
1000aircraft.com Aircraft photo. Accessed March 23, 2009.
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