Schütte-Lanz C.I

WWI German reconnaissance aircraft

Schütte-Lanz C.I

Role	reconnaissance Type of aircraft
Manufacturer	Luftfahrzeugbau Schütte-Lanz
Designer	Walter Stein
First flight	1915
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	1

The Schütte-Lanz C.I was a German reconnaissance aircraft prototype of World War I.

Design

The aircraft was a double wooden biplane equipped with a 160 hp Mercedes D.III engine. The observer was in the bow cabin, which provided a good overview and was armed with a 7.92-mm Parabellum machine gun on a movable turret.

Development

The C.I was the first airplane built by Schütte-Lanz, which had specialized in airship construction. The prototype made its first flight in 1915, but the aircraft did not enter production.^[1]

Specifications

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2 (pilot and observer)
Length: 5.20 m (17 ft 1 in)
Wingspan: 7.70 m (25 ft 3 in)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 201 km/h (125 mph, 109 kn)

Armament

Guns: 1 x 7.9 mm (0.311 in) Parabellum machine gun on a mobile turret

References

^ ^a ^b "Schutte-Lanz C.I".

C types	C.I
D types	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.VI D.VII
Dr types	Dr.I
G types	G.I G.IV G.V

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