Zeppelin-Lindau C.I

Zeppelin-Lindau C.I
Role	Experimental
Manufacturer	Zeppelin-Lindau
Designer	Claude Dornier
First flight	March 1917
Number built	9
Variants	Zeppelin-Lindau C.II

The Zeppelin Lindau C.I was a German single-engine two-seat biplane, designed by Claude Dornier and built by Zeppelin Lindau in World War II.^[1] Intended to investigate stressed-skin construction, it had an all-metal fuselage in which the Aluminium alloy skin was load bearing; the wings had aluminium alloy box spars but were fabric covered

Specifications (variant specified)[]

Data from ^[2]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 7.42 m (24 ft 4 in)
Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Height: 2.76 m (9 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 25.82 m² (277.9 sq ft)
Empty weight: 728 kg (1,605 lb)
Gross weight: 1,068 kg (2,355 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch wooden propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 4 minutes 30 seconds; 3,000 m (9,800 ft) in 18 minutes; 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 60 minutes 24 seconds

Armament

Guns: 1x fixed forward-firing 7.92 mm (0.312 in) MG08 Spandau machine-gun and 1x flexibly mounted 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun

References[]

^ Forsyth, Robert; Luijken, Wiek (Illustrator); Tooby, Adam (Illustrator); Schatz, Simon (Illustrator) (18 Oct 2018). Dornier Do 335: X-Planes 9. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472828897.
^ Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 577. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

[Forsyth-1] Forsyth, Robert; Luijken, Wiek (Illustrator); Tooby, Adam (Illustrator); Schatz, Simon (Illustrator) (18 Oct 2018). Dornier Do 335: X-Planes 9. Osprey Publishing. ISBN 9781472828897.

[Gray-2] Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 577. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

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