Kondor B.I

B.I

Role	Trainer aircraft Type of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Kondor Flugzeugwerke, Essen
Designer	Walter Rethel
First flight	January 1918

The Kondor B.I was a German two seat, biplane training aircraft designed and built close to the end of World War I.

Design and development

The Kondor B.I was built as a trainer aircraft of all-wood construction at the end of 1917. It was revolutionary in terms of reducing the number of parts necessary for the assembly of the aircraft to a minimum.

The first flight of the aircraft took place in January 1918. After successful test flights, a small batch of B.Is was ordered.

Specifications

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: One
Length: 6.85 m (22 ft 6 in)
Wingspan: 9.50 m (31 ft 2 in)
Empty weight: 806 kg (1,777 lb)
Gross weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.II 6-cylinder, liquid-cooled inline engine, 89 kW (120 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

References

^ "Kondor B.I". www.airwar.ru.

Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen (1987) [1970]. German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
Herris, Jack (2020). German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Gret War Aviation Centennial Series (49). Vol. 1: Alter to Korn. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-85-8.

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

v t e Idflieg B-class aircraft designations
AEG	B.I B.II B.III
Albatros	B.I B.II B.III
Aviatik	B.I B.II B.III
DFW	B.I B.II
Euler	B.I B.II B.III
Germania	B.I
Gotha	B.I B.II
Halberstadt	B.I B.II B.III
Kondor	B.I
LVG	B.I B.II B.III
NFW	B.I
Otto	B.I
Rumpler	B.I
Sablatnig	B.I
Siemens-Schuckert	B.I

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