Rumpler C.IX
{{Short description|German single-engine two-seat reconnaissance biplane}}
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The Rumpler C.IX was a German single-engine, two-seat reconnaissance biplane of World War I.
Development
At the end of 1916, the Rumpler design bureau, led by Edmund Rumpler, conceived the two-seat reconnaissance 7C 1 alongside the single seat 7D 1 fighter (which became the Rumpler D.I) Rumpler's 7C 1 design was given the designation C.IX by the Idflieg. The Rumpler C.IX had single I-type interplane struts and a smooth oval multi-stringered fuselage.
The first C.IX began testing in the spring of 1917. As a result of flight tests, a constructive flaw in the vertical rudder was revealed. After completion, the second version of the aircraft was successfully tested and a contract was signed for the production of a small series of 20 aircraft (with numbers 1501/17 -1520/17).{{Cite web|url=http://www.airwar.ru/enc/other1/rumplerc9.html|title = Rumpler C.IX(X)}}
Operators
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Specifications (C.IX)
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References
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=Bibliography=
- Gray, Peter and Thetford, Owen. German Aircraft of the First World War. London, Putnam, 1962.
- {{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=Rumpler Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes |date=2014 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p. |isbn=978-1-935881-21-6|series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=11}}
- Munson, Kenneth. Aircraft of World War I. London: Ian Allan, 1967. {{ISBN|0-7110-0356-4}}.
- Munson, Kenneth. Bombers, Patrol and Reconnaissance Aircraft 1914 - 1919. {{ISBN|0-7537-0918-X}}
- Munson, Kenneth. Fighters, Attack and Training Aircraft 1914 - 1919. {{ISBN|0-7537-0916-3}}.
External links
{{Rumpler aircraft}}
{{World War I Aircraft of the Central Powers}}
{{Idflieg C-class designations}}
Category:1910s German military reconnaissance aircraft