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Having built the Steffen R series, Siemens-Schuckert planned to produce a six-engined Riesenflugzeug (giant aeroplane) for the Fliegertruppen des deutschen Kaiserreiches (Imperial German Flying Corps). In common with many of the other contemporary R projects, the R.VIII had all six engines inside the fuselage, where they were tended by ...
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.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 Siemens-Schuckert Forssman was a prototype bomber aircraft designed and built in Germany in 1914 and 1915. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] When its performance proved inadequate for its intended role, even after numerous modifications, the German Inspectorate of Flying Troops (the Idflieg ) eventually accepted it into service as a trainer.
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The R.I was unusual for a multi-engined aircraft in that rather than connecting propellers directly to the engines and mounting the engines in nacelles, the R.I carried all its engines within the fuselage and turned its propellers via a system of drive shafts. A single prototype was completed and flew in 1916.