Fokker C.I

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C.I
Type Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer Fokker
Maiden flight 1918[1]
Number built 250+

The Fokker C.I was a German reconnaissance biplane under development at the end of World War I. The design was essentially an enlarged Fokker D.VII fighter with two seats and a BMW IIIa 185-hp engine. The C.I was originally developed to sell to the German Army. It never saw service in WWI, but Tony Fokker managed to smuggle parts out of Germany at the time of the Armistice.

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[edit] Development

The prototype, V.38, was tested at Schwerin, and put into immediate production. After the armistice, production continued in the Netherlands.

[edit] Operators

The C.I went into Dutch service after 16 were ordered in February 1919. The USSR bought 42 C.Is. The C.Is served in the reconnaissance and trainer roles. The last C.I left service in 1936.

[edit] Variants

V 38
Prototype.
C.I
Two-seat reconnaissance aircraft, powered by a 138-kW (185-hp)BMW IIIa piston engine.
C.Ia
Improved version.
C.IW
Experimental floatplane version.
C.II
Three-seat passenger transport version, powered by a 138-kW (185-hp) BMW IIIa piston engine.
C.III
Two-seat advanced trainer version of the C.I, powered by a 164-kW (220-hp) Hispano-Suiza engine.

[edit] Specifications (Fokker C.I)

General characteristics

  • Crew: Two, pilot and observer
  • Length: 7.23 m (23 ft 9 in)
  • Wingspan: 10.50 m (34 ft 5 in)
  • Height: 2.87 (9 ft 5 in)
  • Wing area: 26.3 m² (283 ft²)
  • Empty weight: 855 kg (1,885 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 1,255 kg (2,767 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1× BMW IIIa straight-6, 138 kW (185 hp)

Performance

Armament

  • 1× fixed, forward-firing machine gun
  • 1× trainable, rearward-firing machine gun
  • Up to 50 kg (110 lb) of disposable stores

[edit] References

  1. ^ The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. (1997). Ed. Donald, David. Prospero Books. pg 427. ISBN 1-85605-375-X. 
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 402. 
  • World Aircraft Information Files. London: Bright Star Publishing, File 894 sheet 33. 


[edit] See also

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Aircraft produced by Fokker
Company designations
pre-1918

M.1 • M.2 • M.3 • M.4 • M.5 • M.6 • M.7 • M.8 • M.9 • M.10 • M.14 • M.15 • M.16 • M.17 • M.18 • M.19 • M.21 • M.22

V.1 • V.2 • V.3 • V.4 • V.5 • V.6 • V.7 • V.8 • V.9 • V.10 • V.11 • V.12 • V.13 • V.14 • V.16 • V.17 • V.18 • V.20 • V.21 • V.22 • V.23 • V.24 • V.25 • V.26 • V.27 • V.28 • V.29 • V.30 • V.31 • V.33 • V.34 • V.35 • V.36 • V.37 • V.38 • V.39 • V.40 • V.41 • V.43 • V.44 • V.45
Austro-Hungarian
military designations

B.I • B.II • B.III
German military
designations

A.I • A.II • A.III
C.I
D.I • D.II • D.III • D.IV • D.V • D.VI • D.VII • D.VIII
Dr.I
E.I • E.II • E.III • E.IV • E.V
F.I
K.I
Company designations
post-1918

Numbering continues German military designations:
B.I • B.II • B.IIII • B.IV • B.V
C.II • C.III • C.IV • C.V • C.VI • C.VII • C.VIII • C.IX • C.X • C.XI • C.XIV • C.XV
D.IX • D.X • D.XI • D.XII • D.XIII • D.XIV • D.XVI • D.XVII • D.XXI • D.XXIII • D.24
DC.I
F.I • F.II • F.III • F.IV • F.V • F.VI • F.VII • F.VIII • F.IX • F.X • F.XI • F.XII • F.XIII • F.XIV • F.XV • F.XVI • F.XVII • F.XVIII • F.XIX • F.XX • F.XXI • F.XXII • F.XXIII • F.XXIV • F.25 • F26 • F27 • F28 • F.29
FG.I • FG.II
G.I
S.I • S.II • S.III • S.IV • S.IX • S-11 • S-12 • S-13 • S-14
T.II • T.III • T.IV • T.V • T.VIII • T.IX
Numbering based on seating:
F.XXXVI • F.XXXVII • 50 • F.56 • 60 • 70 • 100 • 130
Fokker America

F.7 • F.9 • F.10 • F.11 • F.14 • AF.15 • F.18 • F.32
United States
military designations

Observation: AO-1 • CO-4 • XO-27
Transports: T-2 • C-2 • C-5 • C-7 • C-14 • C-15 • C-16 • C-20 • C-31 • RA
Bombers: XLB-2 • XHB-2 • XB-8 • FT
Attack: XA-7
Fighters: PW-5 • PW-6 • PW-7
Ambulance: A-2
Trainer: TW-4
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Idflieg C-, CL-, CS-, and CLS-class aircraft designations
C- and CL-

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.VII  • C.VII

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.V  • C.VI  • C.VIII  • C.IX

BFW: CL.I  • CL.II  • CL.III  • CL.IV

DFW: C.I  • C.II  • C.III  • C.IV  • C.V  • C.VI

Fokker: C.I

Friedrichshafen: C.I

Germania: C.I  • C.II  • C.IV

Halberstadt: C.I  • CL.II  • C.III  • CL.IV  • C.V  • C.VII  • C.VIII  • C.IX  • CLS.X

Hanover: C.I  • CL.II  • CL.III  • C.IV  • CL.V

Junkers: CL.I

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.VIII

OAW: C.I  • C.II

Otto: C.I  • C.II

Pfalz: C.I

Rumpler: C.I  • 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-Friedrichshafen: C.I  • C.II

Zeppelin-Lindau: C.I  • C.II
CLS-

Albatros: CLS.I

Halberstadt: CLS.I  • CLS.II see also in main sequence above

Junkers: CLS.I
CS-

Zeppelin-Lindau: CS.I
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