Rumpler Taube
Description
Role	Fighter, Bomber, Surveillance, and Training
Crew	2
Dimensions
Length	33.5 ft	9.9 m
Wingspan	45.83 ft	14.3 m
Height	10.5 ft	3.2 m
Wing area	280 ft²	32.5 m²
Weights
Empty	950 lb	650 kg
Maximum take-off	1200 lb	850 kg
Powerplant
Engines	4-Cylinder Argus or 6-Cylinder Mercedes Typ E4F
Power		74 kW
Performance
Maximum speed	60 mph	100 km/h
Range		140 km
Service ceiling	10,000 ft	2000 m
Armament
Guns	Rifles and pistols
Bombs	Hand dropped bombs

The Rumpler Taube is a pre-World War I monoplane aircraft, and the first mass produced military plane in Germany. Being the Germans' first practical military plane, it was used for all common military aircraft applications, including as a fighter, bomber, surveillance plane and trainer from its first flight in 1910 until the beginning of World War I. Due to the rapid advancement of aviation during the war, the design was obsolete by 1914. Rumpler Taube in flight Source: [1], copyright expired due to age of photo This image is in the public domain in the United States and possibly other jurisdictions. ... Combatants Allied Powers: British Empire French Empire Italy Russian Empire Kingdom of Serbia United States Central Powers: Austria-Hungary Bulgaria German Empire Ottoman Empire Commanders Douglas Haig Sir John Jellicoe Ferdinand Foch Nikolay II Nikolay Yudenich Radomir Putnik Woodrow Wilson John Pershing Wilhelm II Reinhard Scheer Franz Josef I Oskar... A monoplane is an aircraft with one main set of wing surfaces, in contrast to a biplane or triplane. ... An A-10 Thunderbolt II, F-86 Sabre, P-38 Lightning and P-51 Mustang fly in formation during an air show at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia. ... A bomber is a military aircraft designed to attack ground targets, primarily by dropping bombs. ... English Electric Canberra PR.9 photo reconnaissance aircraft CP-140 Aurora long-range patrol aircraft of the Canadian Air Force. ... A trainer is a training aircraft used to develop piloting, navigational or weapon-aiming skills in flight crew. ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... First flight, December 17, 1903 Aviation or air transport refers to the activities surrounding human flight and the aircraft industry. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Igo Etrich in a prototype

The plane was developed by Igo Etrich from Austria in 1909, with the first flight in 1910, and was called the Etrich Taube. The design was licensed for serial production by Lohner in Austria and Rumpler in Germany, and called the Etrich-Rumpler-Taube. However, Rumpler soon changed the name to Rumpler-Taube, and stopped paying royalties to Etrich. Etrich subsequently abandoned his patent. Due to the lack of license fees, a total of no less than 14 companies built a large number of variations of the initial design, making it difficult for historians to determine the exact manufacturer based on historic photographs. An incomplete list is shown below. The most common version was the Rumpler Taube with two seats. The plane was very popular, and used by the air forces of Italy, Germany and Austria-Hungary. Igo Etrich with Taube Prototype 1907 Source: [1], Copyright expired because picture is from 1907. ... Igo Etrich with Taube Prototype 1907 Source: [1], Copyright expired because picture is from 1907. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1909 (MCMIX) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1910 (MCMX) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 13-day slower Julian calendar. ... Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

• Albatros Taube, by the Albatros Flugzeugwerke
• Albatros Doppeltaube, biplane version by the Albatros Flugzeugwerke
• Aviatik Taube
• DFW Stahltaube, also known simply as Stahltaube, with a steel frame
• Etrich Taube, produced by the inventor Igon Etrich
• Etrich-Rumpler-Taube, initial name of the Rumpler Taube
• Gotha Taube, by the Gothaer Waggonfabrik
• Harlan Pfeil Taube
• Halberstadt Taube III
• Jeannin Taube, also known as Jeannin Stahltaube, with a steel frame
• Kondor Taube
• Luedemann Taube
• RFG Taube, produced by the Reise- und Industrieflug GmbH (RFG)
• Roland Taube
• Rumpler-Taube, produced by Edmund Rumpler, Luftfahrzeugbau
• Rumpler Delfin-Taube, also known as Rumpler Kabinentaube "Delfin", with a closed cabin, produced by Edmund Rumpler, Luftfahrzeugbau

Design drawing of Taube from 1911

Despite its name, the Taube (German: dove) was not modeled after a bird, but after the Zanonia macrocarpa seeds, which glide to the ground in a slow spin induced by a single wing. Similar wing shapes have also been used by Karl Jatho. While Etrich had tried to build a flying wing aircraft based on the Zanonia wing shape, the conventional Taube was much more successful. Albatros-Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer that supplied the German airforces during World War I. The company was based in Johannisthal, Berlin, where it was founded in 1910. ... Albatros-Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer that supplied the German airforces during World War I. The company was based in Johannisthal, Berlin, where it was founded in 1910. ... Gothaer Waggonfabrik (Gotha, GWF) was a German manufacturer of rolling stock established in the late nineteenth century at Warnemünde. ... Download high resolution version (1000x730, 99 KB)Design of Rumpler Taube. ... Download high resolution version (1000x730, 99 KB)Design of Rumpler Taube. ... Genera Abobra Acanthosicyos Actinostemma Alsomitra Ampelosycios Anacaona Apatzingania Apodanthera Bambekea Benincasa Biswarea Bolbostemma Brandegea Bryonia Calycophysum Cayaponia Cephalopentandra Ceratosanthes Chalema Cionosicyos Citrullus Coccinia Cogniauxia Corallocarpus Cremastopus Ctenolepis Cucumella Cucumeropsis Cucumis Cucurbita Cucurbitella Cyclanthera Dactyliandra Dendrosicyos Dicoelospermum Dieterlea Diplocyclos Doyerea Ecballium Echinocystis Echinopepon Edgaria Elateriopsis Eureiandra Fevillea Gerrardanthus Gomphogyne Gurania Guraniopsis... Karl Jatho (February 3, 1873 - December 8, 1933) was a German pioneer and inventor, performer and public servant of the city of Hanover. ...

Most notably, the plane did not have ailerons in the wings. Instead, the pilot turned the plane by warping the wings (effectively providing the same functionality as ailerons) and using the elevators at the rear of the tail. Aileron location on a Piper PA-28. ... Wing warping was an early system for controling the roll of an aeroplane while flying. ... For other meanings of elevator see Elevator (disambiguation). ...

The design provided for very stable flight, suitable for observation. In addition, the translucent wings made it very difficult for ground based observers to detect a Taube at an altitude above 400m. The French called this plane also "the Invisible Aircraft", and it is sometimes also referred to as the "world's very first stealth plane". The first hostile engagement was an Italian Taube in 1911 in Libya, using pistols and 2 kg bombs. Taube airplanes were able to detect the advancing Russian army during the Battle of Tannenberg (1914). The plane was also used for bombing, when the pilot dropped small bombs in the Balkans in 1911 and 3 kg bomblets and propaganda leaflets over Paris in 1914. 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... Combatants Imperial Russia German Empire Commanders General Alexander Samsonov General Paul von Rennenkampf General Field Marshall Paul von Hindenburg General Erich Ludendorff Strength 150,000 210,000 Casualties 30,000 killed or wounded; 95,000 captured 20,000 The Battle of Tannenberg in 1914 was a decisive conflict between the... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ... U.S. propaganda poster from WWII depicting a Nazi stabbing a Bible. ... City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur Tossed by the waves, she does not founder Coordinates : , Time Zone : CET (GMT +1) Administration Subdivisions 20 arrondissements Département Paris (75) Région ÃŽle-de-France Mayor Bertrand Delanoë (PS) City (commune) Characteristics Land Area 86. ... 1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

However, the lack of a rudder and the wing warping design made this plane difficult and slow to turn. Subsequently the plane was a very easy target for the faster and more mobile enemy planes at the beginning of World War I. Therefore, 6 months into the war, the Taube was removed from the front lines and instead used to train new pilots. Consequently many famous pilots learned how to fly using a Taube.

Military Operators

• Austro-Hungary.
• Germany.
• Italy.

Austria-Hungary, also known as the Dual monarchy (or: the k. ...

See also

• Aviation
• Aviation history
• Aircraft
• List of aircraft

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Resources

• Erich Taube
• Rosebud's Archive with many Photos
• Rumpler Taube Flight History
• Owl's Head Transportation Museum-flyable reproduction 1913 Etrich Taube