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

Further reading

• Herris, Jack (2020). German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series (50). Vol. 2: Krieger to Union. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-86-5.