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Schutte-Lanz D.I

Страна: Германия

Год: 1915

Fighter

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O.Thetford, P.Gray German Aircraft of the First World War (Putnam)


Schutte-Lanz D I
   This type appeared in 1915, and apart from the absence of vertical fin and modified undercarriage chassis - note the unusual forward rake - the type appears to have been copied from the Sopwith Tabloid. Engine, 100 h.p. Gnome. Span, 7.5 m. (24 ft. 7 3/8 in.). Length, 5.4 m. (18 ft. 8 5/8 in.).


W.Green, G.Swanborough The Complete Book of Fighters


SCHUTTE-LANZ D I Germany

   The Luftfahrzeugbau Schutte-Lanz produced, in 1915, what was subsequently claimed to be the first German single-seat biplane fighter. Designed by Dipl-Ing W Hillmann and Walter Stein, this, the D I, was a lightweight single-bay staggered biplane which had apparently found its inspiration in the Sopwith Tabloid. Of wooden construction throughout with fabric skinning, it was powered by an 80 hp Oberursel (Gnome) seven-cylinder rotary engine, but was rejected by the Idflieg on the grounds that the biplane afforded inferior pilot vision to the monoplane and was therefore unsuited for the single-seat fighter role. Hillmann and Stein introduced some redesign and installed a 100 hp Mercedes six-cylinder water-cooled engine to result in the D II, which, in the event, was never flown.

Max speed, 84 mph (135 km/h) at sea level
Span, 24 ft 7 1/4 in (7,50 m).
Length, 17 ft 8 2/3 in (5.40 m).


J.Herris German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WW1. Vol II (A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes 50)


Schutte-Lanz D.I & D.II

   In the summer of 1915 Schutte-Lanz produced a single prototype of a single-seat scout, the D.I. Designed by Dip. Ing. Wilhelm Hillmann and Walter Stein, the biplane that emerged was obviously influenced by the British Sopwith Tabloid. Powered by a seven-cylinder 80-hp Oberursel rotary engine, the machine was of conventional wooden construction with fabric covering and ply cockpit panels, and aluminium engine cowling. Wing warping was adopted for lateral control. It was unarmed. The aircraft underwent proof testing in February 1916. The pilot's field of vision was poor and Idflieg considered it unsuitable as a fighter compared with contemporary Eindeckers. A revised version with a 100-hp Mercedes six-cylinder in-line engine was proposed as the D.II, but never flew.

J.Herris - German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WW1. Volume II /Centennial Perspective/ (50)
The Schutte-Lanz D.I was built in 1915. Powered by a 80 hp Oberursel (Gnome copy) rotary, the aircraft appears to have been copied from the Sopwith Tabloid although no fixed fin was mounted. As far as is known, only one was built.
Built in 1915, the Schutte-Lanz D I was the first fighter biplane tested in Germany.
J.Herris - German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WW1. Volume II /Centennial Perspective/ (50)
One of the designers of the D.I, Walter Stein, poses with his creation, the Schutte-Lanz D.I.
J.Herris - German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WW1. Volume II /Centennial Perspective/ (50)
The Schutte-Lanz D.I was a small, modestly-powered aircraft with insufficient performance to be a fighter.
J.Herris - German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WW1. Volume II /Centennial Perspective/ (50)
Schutte-Lanz D.I