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German First World War observationaircraft

C.X

Role	Observation aircraftType of aircraft
National origin	German
Manufacturer	Rumpler
First flight	1918
Number built	1

The Rumpler C.X, produced under the company designation Rumpler 8C 14, was a German two-seat observation aircraft. It was developed from the earlier Rumpler 8C 13 prototype by Rumpler in early 1918. The prototype had a similar wing design to the Rumpler C.VII, powered by a 260 hp (194 kW) Mercedes D.IVa engine and was later powered by a 240 hp (179 kW) Maybach Mb.IVa. The C.X had the highest top speed and service ceiling of all German C-type aircraft and an order was placed for the aircraft in August 1918, but few were built and tested before the war ended.

Specifications

Data from Over the Front, Volume 23

General characteristics

Crew: two
Length: 6.9 m (22 ft 8 in)
Wingspan: 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Height: 3.12 m (10 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 29 m (310 sq ft)
Empty weight: 950 kg (2,094 lb)
Gross weight: 1,385 kg (3,053 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Maybach Mb.IV 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engine, 180 kW (240 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn)
Endurance: 3⅓ hours
Service ceiling: 7,800 m (25,600 ft)
Rate of climb: 3.07 m/s (604 ft/min)
Time to altitude: 6,000 m (20,000 ft) in 27 minutes, 7,800 m (25,600 ft) in 59 minutes

Armament

Guns: 1 × fixed LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun, 1 × manually aimed Parabellum MG 14/17 machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear cockpit.

Footnotes

^ Herris 2008.
Gray & Thetford 1970, p. 520.

References

Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 520. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.
Herris, J. (2008). "Rare Birds: Rumpler C.X". Over the Front. XXIII (1). League of World War I Aviation Historians: 78. ISSN 0888-272X.
Herris, Jack (2014). Rumpler Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 11. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-21-6.

Rumpler aircraft

Taubes

Other early types

Military designations

B Types	B.I
C Types	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
D Types	D.I
G Types	G.I G.II G.III

Company designations

1913	3C 3F
1914	4A & DDD 4A2 4A13 4A14 4A15 4B1 4B2 4B11 4B12 4B13 4C 4E
1915	5A2 5A3 5A4 5A15 5A16
1916	6A2 6A5 6A6 6A7 6A7 (2) 6A7 (3) 6A8 6B1 6B2 6G2 6G3 6G4
1917	7C1 7D1-7D8
1918	8C12 8C13 8C14 8C14 8D1

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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