Halberstadt CLS.I

Halberstadt CLS.I
Role	Reconnaissance aircraft
Manufacturer	Halberstadt
First flight	October 1918
Status	prototype only
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Number built	1
Developed from	Halberstadt CL.IV

The Germania C.I was a prototype two-seat general-purpose biplane built by Halberstadt during World War I.

Design and development[edit]

Halberstadt based the CLS.I on the earlier CL.IV design, with modifications including a modified wing profile of a lower curvature and a more streamlined rear fuselage. All these improvements were introduced to obtain a higher flight speed, (hence "S" in CLS standing for schnell, meaning "fast" in German). The prototype flew on 2 October 1918, but the aircraft didn't enter production due to the Armistice.^[1]

Halberstadt had plans for derivatives of the CLS.I armed with 3.5 cm (1.378 in) revolver cannon, the CLS II and CLS X, but these designs never left the drawing board by the end of World War I.^[1]

Specifications (CLS I)[edit]

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 6.95 m (22 ft 10 in)
Wingspan: 9.7 m (31 ft 10 in)
Height: 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in)
Wing area: 26.4 m² (284 sq ft)
Empty weight: 682 kg (1,504 lb)
Gross weight: 1,102 kg (2,429 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed wooden fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn)
Time to altitude: 4,500 m (14,800 ft) in 36 minutes

Armament

Guns: 1x fixed forward firing synchronised 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun and 1x flexibly mounted Parabellum MG14 in the rear cockpit
Bombs: 4x 10 kg (22 lb) bombs

References[edit]

^ ^a ^b ^c Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 421. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

Further reading[edit]

Treadwell, Terry. German and Austro-Hungarian aircraft manufacturers 1908-1918. Amberley Pub. ISBN 978-1445601021.
Angelucci, Enzo (1983). The Rand McNally encyclopedia of military aircraft, 1914-1980. San Diego: Military Press. ISBN 0-517-41021-4.
Cowin, H.W. (2000). German and Austrian aviation of World War I : a pictorial chronicle of the airmen and aircraft that forged German airpower. Oxford: Osprey Pub. ISBN 1-84176-069-2.
Van Wyngarden, G. (2000). Early German aces of World War I. Oxford: Osprey Pub. ISBN 1-84176-997-5.

[Thetford-1] Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. p. 421. ISBN 0-370-00103-6.

[1]

v t e Halberstadt aircraft
A types	A.II
B types	B.I B.II B.III
C & CLS types	C.I CL.II C.III CL.IV C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX CLS.I CLS.X
D types	D.I D.II D.III D.IV D.V
G types	G.I

v t e World War I aircraft of the Central Powers
Fighters	AEG D.I AEG Dr.I Albatros D.I Albatros D.II Albatros D.III Albatros D.V Aviatik D.I Aviatik C.VI Daimler L.6 Euler D.I Euler D.II Fokker D.I Fokker D.II Fokker D.III Fokker D.IV Fokker D.V Fokker D.VI Fokker D.VII Fokker D.VIII Fokker Dr.I Fokker E.I Fokker E.II Fokker E.III Fokker E.IV Fokker E.V Halberstadt D.II Hannover CL.II Hannover CL.III Hannover CL.IV Hannover CL.V Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 Hansa-Brandenburg W.29 Junkers D.I Kondor D.6 Kondor E.III Naglo D.II Pfalz D.III Pfalz D.XII Pfalz Dr.I Pfalz E.I Pfalz E.II Phönix D.I LFG Roland D.II LFG Roland D.VI Siemens-Schuckert D.I Siemens-Schuckert D.II Siemens-Schuckert D.III Siemens-Schuckert D.IV Zeppelin-Lindau D.I
Bombers and ground attack	AEG DJ.I AEG G.I AEG G.II AEG G.III AEG G.IV AEG G.V AEG J.I AEG J.II AEG R.I Friedrichshafen G.II Friedrichshafen G.III Gotha G.I Gotha G.II Gotha G.III Gotha G.IV Gotha G.V Gotha GL.VII Gotha G.IX Hannover CL.II Junkers CL.I Junkers J.I Rumpler G.I Rumpler G.II Rumpler G.III Siemens-Schuckert L.I Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.II Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.III Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.IV Zeppelin-Staaken R.VI
Reconnaissance	AEG B.I AEG B.II AEG B.III AEG C.I AEG C.II AEG C.III AEG C.IV AEG C.V AEG C.VI AEG C.VII AEG C.VIII AGO C.I AGO C.II AGO C.III AGO C.IV AGO C.VII AGO C.VIII Albatros B.I Albatros B.II Albatros C.I Albatros C.III Albatros C.V Albatros C.VII Albatros C.IX Albatros C.X Albatros C.XII Aviatik B.I Aviatik B.II Aviatik C.I Aviatik C.VI DFW C.V LFG Roland C.II LVG B.I LVG C.II Rumpler C.I Rumpler C.IV Rumpler Taube
Trainers	Euler D.I
Prototypes	Albatros C.II Fokker V.1 Fokker V.2 Junkers J 1 Junkers J 2 Zeppelin-Lindau Rs.I

Design and development[edit]

Specifications (CLS I)[edit]

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References[edit]

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