Aviatik B.I

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type=Reconnaissance aircraft
manufacturer=Aviatik
designer=Robert Wild
first flight=1914
introduced=1914
retired=1916
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The Aviatik B.I is a German two-seat reconnaissance biplane designed and built by the Automobil und Aviatik AG company, who until then had produced copies of French designs.

The B.I was developed from a 1913 design for a racing aircraft. The crew sat in open tandem cockpits with the observer in the front. It entered service in 1914.

It was followed by the B.II model, which had a more powerful Mercedes engine and was later armed with a single 7.7 mm machine gun.

pecifications (B.I)

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crew= Two (pilot & observer)
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length main= 7.97 m
length alt= 26 ft 2 in
span main= 13.97 m
span alt= 45 ft 10 in
height main= 3.30 m
height alt= 10 ft 10 in
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loaded weight main= 1,088 kg
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engine (prop)= Mercedes D.I
type of prop= 6-cylinder liquid-cooled inline engine
number of props=1
power main= 74.5 kW
power alt= 100 hp
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max speed main= 100 km/h
max speed alt= 54 knots, 62 mph
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* Endurance: 4 hours
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References

External links

* [http://www.constable.ca/aviatik.htm Aviatik series]

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* List of military aircraft of Germany
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