Siemens-Schuckert DI

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The Siemens-Schuckert DI was a combat single-seater of the German air force in the First World War .

development

After the inferiority of the Fokker monoplane to allied fighter planes became more and more evident in 1916, captured French Nieuport 11 fighter planes were made available to the German aircraft companies in order to make new constructions based on these prey planes . The Siemens-Schuckert works largely stuck to the French model and built the DI as an almost lifelike copy of the Nieuport, but the extended propeller required a raised chassis and the tail spur was also modified to a rounded horn. The DI received the new 110 HP Siemens-Halske Sh.I rotary engine ; The only difference between this machine and its original was a modified engine hood and a hemispherical propeller cover.

150 were ordered, but delivery problems with the engine delayed completion. Therefore, the original order quantity was canceled and only 22 and 73 DI were produced in the two plants in Berlin and Nuremberg .

As an experiment, two prototypes of a Siemens-Schuckert D.Ia with a span of 16.20 m and a D.Ib with an enlarged span of 19.20 m and both with a more powerful engine (130 hp) were completed, but not put into series production. Further developments led to the successful D.III via various D.II prototypes .

commitment

Since the aircraft was already out of date when it appeared on the front in 1917, most of the DI were used for pilot training, but the Jastas (fighter squadrons) 7, 9, 11 and 14 and the Army Air Park South also had DI in their inventory.

Technical specifications

Parameter DI
Construction year: 1917
Purpose: Fighter plane
Length: 6.00 m
Span: 8.18 m
Height: 2.59 m
Wing area: 14.4 m²
Empty weight: 444 kg
Takeoff weight: 654 kg
1 air-cooled rotary motor : Siemens-Halske Sh.I with 110 HP
Top speed: 172 km / h
Climbing time at 1,000 m: 3 min 30 sec
Climbing time at 2,000 m: 8 min
Climbing time at 4,000 m: 24 min 30 sec
Service ceiling: 5,000 m
Range: 350 km
Flight duration: 2 hr 20 min
Armament: 1 MG
Crew: 1

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literature

  • Enzo Angelucci, Paolo Matricardi: The planes. From the beginning to the First World War . Falken-Verlag, Wiesbaden 1976, ISBN 3-8068-0391-9 , ( Falken manual in color ).
  • Peter L. Gray, Owen Thetford: German Aircraft of the First World War . Putnam, London 1962, (3rd Edition, reprinted: ibid 1987, ISBN 0-85177-809-7 ).
  • Alex Imrie: German Fighter Units. 1914 - May 1917 . Osprey Publishing, London 1978, ISBN 0-85045-290-2 , ( Airwar Series 13).
  • Alex Imrie: Pictorial History of the German Army Air Service . Ian Allen Publishing, London 1971, ISBN 0-7110-0200-2 .
  • Karlheinz Kens, Hanns Müller: The aircraft of the First World War 1914–1918 . Heyne, Munich 1973, ISBN 3-453-00404-3 .
  • Günter Kroschel, Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1910–1918 . Lohse-Eissing, Wilhelmshaven 1977, ISBN 3-920602-18-8 .
  • Heinz Nowarra: The Development of Airplanes 1914–1918 . Lehmanns, Munich 1959.
  • Heinz Nowarra: Iron Cross and Balkenkreuz. The markings of the German aircraft 1914–1918 . Hoffmann, Mainz 1968.
  • D. Partee: Siemens Schuckert DI / II . In: Cross & Cockade 6 1975, No. 3, ISSN  1360-9009 , pp. 131-132.
  • Raymond Laurence Rimell: German Army Air Service in World War One . Arms & Armor Press, London 1985, ISBN 0-85368-694-7 , ( Vintage Warbirds 2), images 42-44.
  • Ray Rimell: Siemens Schuckert DI . In: Windsock international 5, 1989, No. 3, ISSN  0268-6422 , pp. 24-27.
  • Harry Woodman: Siemens Schuckert DI / III / IV . In: Scale Models 12, July 1981, ISSN  0036-5432 , pp. 348-352.
  • Harry Woodman: BÉBÉ. Aspects of the Nieuport 11 . In: Model Aircraft Monthly 1, 2002, No. 4, OCLC 51845874 , ISSN  1475-3405 , pp. 22-27.

Individual references / comments

  1. ↑ Information partly contradicting itself; with Günter Kroschel / Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1910-18 , Wilhelmshaven 1977, are given as 250 pieces; the other sources speak of 94 and 95 aircraft delivered respectively; here reference to Ray Rimell: Siemens Schuckert DI . In: Windsock international 5, 1989, No. 3, ISSN  0268-6422 , p. 24.
  2. ↑ Information partly contradicting itself; Source here: Kroschel, Günter; Stützer, Helmut: The German military aircraft 1910-18 , Wilhelmshaven 1977.
  3. ↑ 7.92x57 mm Mauser LMG 08/15; z. Some also armed with 2 MG
  4. ↑ List of literature cf. u. a. http://www.theaerodrome.com/forum/models/3751-siemems-schuckert-d1.html

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