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The Rumpler G.I was a
* 4A15 - prototype with Benz Bz.III 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)
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 aerial torpedo, torpedoes, or deploying air-launched cruise missiles. The first use of bombs dropped ...
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-baybiplane
A biplane is a fixed-wing aircraft with two main wings stacked one above the other. The first powered, controlled aeroplane to fly, the Wright Flyer, used a biplane wing arrangement, as did many aircraft in the early years of aviation. While ...
s 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. Fixed tricycle 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 ...
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 rifl ...
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 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 aircraftG.I
GI or Gi may refer to:
Military
* G.I., a nickname (from galvanized iron) for U.S. Army soldiers
Arts and entertainment
* ''GI'' (album), an album by the Germs
* Gi (Captain Planet character)
* ''Game Informer'', a magazine
* Global Icon (band), ...
Biplanes
Twin-engined pusher aircraft
Aircraft first flown in 1915