Daimler DI
| Daimler DI | |
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| Type: | Fighter plane |
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1918 |
| Number of pieces: |
6th |
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The Daimler DI (also known under the company name L6 ) was a German fighter aircraft from the First World War . It was a conventional biplane construction with a very flat canopy - the upper wing almost touched the top of the fuselage. A water-cooled V8 engine Mercedes D IIIb served as the drive .
description
The L 6 was the first attempt by Daimler Motorengesellschaft in the field of single-seat flight constructions, after it had previously built products from other manufacturers under license (FF G III, G IV etc.). The elegant hunter was constructed around the 185 hp V-eight engine D IIIb from Daimler. Six aircraft of this type were built, and one took part in the second D-type competition in Adlershof from May to June 1918. There were three test ascents to 5,000 m. (16,400 ft.) With a payload of 922 kg. (2,028 lb.) and times of 19.4 minutes, 21.4 minutes and 16.8 minutes were recorded. All tests were done on the same propeller , a 3.1 m diameter propulsor with a 2.85 m incline, which shows how different performance was with an airplane. Two Spandau machine guns from the Spandau rifle factory were used as armament.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| crew | 1 |
| length | 7.3 m |
| span | 9.9 m |
| height | 2.76 m |
| Wing area | 22.6 m² |
| Empty mass | 750 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 925 kg |
| Engine | 1 × water-cooled V8 piston engine Mercedes D IIIb with 185 PS (136 kW) |
| propeller | rigid, two-leaved |
| Top speed | 183 km / h |
| Flight duration | 2 h |
| Rise time | 30 min at 6000 m altitude |
| Armament | 2 × 7.92 mm machine guns 08/15 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Peter Alles-Fernandez (Ed.): Aircraft from A to Z. Volume 2. Bernard & Graefe, Koblenz 1988, 3-7637-5905-0, p. 49.
- ↑ Daimler DI / L 6 / L 9. Accessed March 18, 2020 .