Euler D.I

Euler D.I
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Euler-Werke
Designer	August Euler
First flight	Autumn 1916
Introduction	1917
Retired	1920
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	around 75
Variants	Euler D.II

The Euler D.I was a German single-seat fighter based on the French Nieuport 11. After seeing the success of the French Nieuport 11 at the front, German designer August Euler set about to create a German aircraft based on the Nieuport design. The Euler D.I first flew in late 1916. It was powered by an 80 hp engine with the Euler patented machine gun on the front.

Operational history

Two prototypes were recorded as being in service at the front in October 1916, and the German government ordered 50 in the same month. A further 50 were ordered in early 1917, but this order was largely transferred over to the D.I's successor, the Euler D.II. The plane saw very little combat service, being largely used as a fighter trainer for the remainder of the war.

Operators

German Empire

Luftstreitkräfte;

Specifications

Data from^{[citation needed]}

General characteristics

Crew: 1
Length: 8.1 m (26 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 13 m (42 ft 8 in)
Height: 2.66 m (8 ft 9 in)
Wing area: 13 m² (140 sq ft)
Empty weight: 380 kg (838 lb)
Gross weight: 600 kg (1,323 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Oberursel U.0 7-cylinder air-cooled radial piston engine, 60 kW (80 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 kn)
Time to altitude: 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 12.5 minutes

Armament

Guns: 1 x engine-mounted 7.92-mm machine gun

Bibliography

William Green and Gordon Swanborough. The Complete Book of Fighters. Colour Library Direct, Godalming, UK: 1994. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.

Nieuport World War One V-strutters

Wing area¹

13 metre

15 metre

Flat-sided fuselage	17 21 23
Faired fuselage²	17bis 23bis 24 24bis 25 26 27

18 metre

23 metre

12
12bis
13
20
80
81

30 metre

48 metre

Foreign
production/
designations

Beardmore (Scotland)

Nieuport 12

Dux (Russia)

EMA (Uruguay)

AIME 10

Mitsubishi (Japan)

甲 1 (Ko 1)

Nakajima (Japan)

Nieuport & General Aircraft (UK)

Nieuport 17bis

Nieuport-Macchi (Italy)

Siam (imported from France)

Trainers	B.F.1 B.F.2
Fighters	B.Kh.1 B.Kh.1 (II) B.Kh.2 B.Kh.2 (II)

Unlicensed
copies/derivatives

Euler (Germany)	Euler D.I Euler D.II
Siemens-Schuckert (Germany)	Siemens-Schuckert D.I

Related development

Nieuport Triplane

Replicas

¹Wing area was used by the French to distinguish between different families.

²Fuselage sides were streamlined with longitudinal stringers, corresponding with other changes.

v t e World War I aircraft of the Central Powers
Fighters	AEG D.I AEG Dr.I Albatros D.I Albatros D.II Albatros D.III Albatros D.V Aviatik D.I Aviatik C.VI Daimler L.6 Euler D.I Euler D.II Fokker D.I Fokker D.II Fokker D.III Fokker D.IV Fokker D.V Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VII Fokker D.VIII Fokker Dr.I Fokker E.I Fokker E.II Fokker E.III Fokker E.IV Fokker E.V Halberstadt D.II Hannover CL.II Hannover CL.III Hannover CL.IV Hannover CL.V Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Junkers D.I Kondor D.6 Kondor E.III Naglo D.II Pfalz D.III Pfalz D.XII Pfalz Dr.I Pfalz E.I Pfalz E.II Phönix D.I LFG Roland D.II LFG Roland D.VI Siemens-Schuckert D.I Siemens-Schuckert D.II Siemens-Schuckert D.III Siemens-Schuckert D.IV Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
Bombers and ground attack	AEG DJ.I AEG G.I AEG G.II AEG G.III AEG G.IV AEG G.V AEG J.I AEG J.II AEG R.I Friedrichshafen G.II Friedrichshafen G.III Gotha G.I Gotha G.II Gotha G.III Gotha G.IV Gotha G.V Gotha GL.VII Gotha G.IX Hannover CL.II Junkers CL.I Junkers J.I Rumpler G.I Rumpler G.II Rumpler G.III Siemens-Schuckert L.I Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Reconnaissance	AEG B.I AEG B.II AEG B.III AEG C.I AEG C.II AEG C.III AEG C.IV AEG C.V AEG C.VI AEG C.VII AEG C.VIII AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII Albatros B.I Albatros B.II Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.V Albatros C.VII Albatros C.IX Albatros C.X Albatros C.XII Aviatik B.I Aviatik B.II Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.VI DFW C.V LFG Roland C.II LVG B.I LVG C.II Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Rumpler Taube
Trainers	Euler D.I
Prototypes	Albatros C.II Fokker V.1 Fokker V.2 Junkers J 1 Junkers J 2 Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.I

Idflieg D and DJ-class aircraft designations

D- class

AEG	D.I D.II D.III
Albatros	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII
Aviatik	(D.I skipped) D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII
Daimler	D.I D.II
DFW	D.I D.II
Euler	D.I D.II
Fokker	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII
Friedrichshafen	D.I D.II D.III
Halberstadt	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V
Junkers	D.I
Kondor	D.I
LFG/Roland	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV D.XVI D.XVII
LVG	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI
Märkische	D.I
Naglo	D.I D.II
Pfalz	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII D.VIII D.IX D.X D.XI D.XII D.XIII D.XIV D.XV
Rumpler	D.I
Schütte-Lanz	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI D.VII
Siemens-Schuckert	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V D.VI
Zeppelin-Lindau	D.I

DJ- class

AEG	DJ.I

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