BFW CL.I

CL.I
Role	Escort Fighter/Ground Attack Aircraft Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW)
First flight	April 1918 (CL.I) July 1918 (CL.II)
Primary user	Imperial German Army Air Service
Number built	2 × CL.I/CL.II, 1 × CL.III

The BFW CL.I was a prototype German escort fighter aircraft of World War I.

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Design and development

The CL.I first flew April 1918, but was considered to be inferior in performance to the Hannover CL.V. Thus, improvements were made and the aircraft was returned to BFW, fitted with a lighter fuselage and redesignated CL.Ia. Results of tests performed on 14 September 1918 were declared unsatisfactory. BFW commenced a redesign of the CL.Ia to produce an entirely new aircraft, the CL.III, of which a single prototype was built but not flown due to the Armistice of November 1918. A further development of the BFW CL.III, the CL.IV, remained a paper project only.

The second CL.I prototype (known as Type 18 by BFW) was fitted with a 175 hp (130 kW) MAN Mana III six-cylinder in-line engine and designated CL.II, with test flights in July 1918.

Variants

CL.I: (company designation BFW type 17) the initial design; two built
CL.Ia: with lighter fuselage; one converted from a CL.I
CL.II: (company designation BFW type 18) one of the CL.Is fitted with a 175 hp (130 kW) MAN Mana III engine
CL.III: Re-design of the CL.Ia; one built.
CL.IV: further development not completed before the armistice.

Specifications (CL.Ia)

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 7.81 m (25 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 10.62 m (34 ft 10 in)
Empty weight: 720 kg (1,587 lb)
Gross weight: 1,060 kg (2,337 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)

Performance

Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 2 minutes; 4,000 m (13,000 ft) in 6.5 minutes

Armament

Guns:

1-2 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 "Spandau" machine gun, synchronized

1 × 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun, on ring mount for observer

References

William Green and Gordon Swanborough; The Complete Book of Fighters, Salamander, 1994. p. 62 ISBN 1-85833-777-1.

v t e Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) and Messerschmitt aircraft
BFW Idflieg designations	CL.I CL.II CL.III CL.IV N.I
BFW/Messerschmitt company designations	M 17 M 18 M 19 M 20 M 21 M 22 M 23 M 24 M 25 M 26 M 27 M 28 M 29 M 30 M 31 M 33 M 35 M 36 M 37
RLM designations 1933–1945	Bf 108 Bf 109 Bf 110 Me 155 Bf 161 Bf 162 Bf 163 Me 163 MeC 164 Bf 165 Me 209 Me 210 Me 261 Me 262 Me 263 Me 264 Me 265 Me 309 Me 310 Me 321 Me 323 Me 328 Me 329 Me 334 Me 409 Me 410 ZMe 423 Me 509 Me 609
Project numbers	P 08.01 P.1034 P.1061 P.1062 P.1064 P.1065 P.1070 P.1073 P.1075 P.1079 P.1091 P.1092 P.1095 P.1099 P.1100 P.1101 P.1102 P.1103 P.1104 P.1106 P.1107 P.1108 P.1109 P.1110 P.1111 P.1112
USAAC designations	XC-44
RAF assigned names	Aldon

Idflieg C-, CL-, and CLS-class aircraft designations

C-

AEG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII
AGO	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Albatros	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
Aviatik	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Caspar	C.I
DFW	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI
Fokker	C.I C.II C.III
Friedrichshafen	C.I
Germania	C.I C.II C.III C.IV
Halberstadt	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Hannover	C.I C.IV
LFG Roland	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VIII
LVG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
OAW	C.I C.II
Otto	C.I C.II
Pfalz	C.I
Rumpler	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X
Sablatnig	C.I C.II C.III
Schütte-Lanz	C.I
Zeppelin	C.I C.II

CL-

BFW	CL.I CL.II CL.III CL.IV
Daimler	CL.I
Halberstadt	CL.II CL.IV
Hannover	CL.II CL.III CL.V
Junkers	CL.I
Zeppelin-Lindau	CL.I CL.II

CLS-

Albatros	CLS.I
Halberstadt	CLS.I CLS.II CLS.X
Junkers	CLS.I

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