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Data from The German Giants and German aircraft of the First World War. General characteristics Crew: 6+ Length: 21.6 m (70 ft 10 in) Wingspan: 48 m (157 ft 6 in) Height: 7.4 m (24 ft 3 in) Wing area: 440 m 2 (4,700 sq ft) Empty weight: 10,478 kg (23,100 lb) Gross weight: 15,867 kg (34,980 lb) Powerplant: 6 × Basse und Selve BuS.IVa 6-cyl. water-cooled in-line piston engines, 220 kW (300 hp ...
Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII (1918). A Riesenflugzeug (plural Riesenflugzeuge, German for "giant aircraft"), sometimes colloquially referred to in English as an R-plane, was any member of a class of large World War I German bombers, possessing at least three aircraft engines, although usually four or more engines.
Siemens-Schuckert designed a number of heavy bombers early in World War I, building a run of seven Riesenflugzeug.Intended to be used in the strategic role in long duration flights, the SSW R-series had three 150 h.p Benz Bz.III engines in the cabin driving two propellers connected to a common gear-box through a combination leather-cone and centrifugal-key clutch in SSW R.I to the SSW R.VII ...
Siemens-Schuckert R.VII; Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII This page was last edited on 25 October 2023, at 20:06 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Siemens-Schuckert R.II, R.III, R.IV, R.V, R.VI, and R.VII The Siemens-Schuckert R.I was a bomber aircraft built in Germany during World War I. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] It was originally ordered as the Siemens-Schuckert G.I prior to the German Inspectorate of Flying Troops (the Idflieg ) adopting the "R" classification for multi-engine aircraft in late 1915 ...
The Siemens-Schuckert R.VII was a bomber aircraft built in Germany during World War I. [3] [4] It was one of six aircraft based on the Siemens-Schuckert R.I that were originally intended to be identical, but which each developed in a different direction and were designated as different aircraft types by the German Inspectorate of Flying Troops (the Idflieg).
The bomber was reputedly the largest wooden aircraft to be produced in any quantity during World War I, with only the Siemens-Schuckert R.VIII prototype bomber of 1916–1919 being larger, and with the Staaken R.VI's wingspan of 42.2 m (138 ft) nearly equaling that of the World War II Boeing B-29 Superfortress, although significantly less than ...
The Siemens-Schuckert R.II was a prototype bomber aircraft built in Germany during World War I. [4] [5] It was one of six aircraft based on the Siemens-Schuckert R.I that were originally intended to be identical, but which each developed in a different direction and were designated as different aircraft types by the German Inspectorate of Flying Troops (the Idflieg). [2]