Rumpler C.X Explained

The Rumpler C.X, produced under the company designation Rumpler 8C 14, was a German two-seat observation aircraft. It was developed from the earlier Rumpler 8C 13 prototype by Rumpler in early 1918. The prototype had a similar wing design to the Rumpler C.VII, powered by a 2600NaN0 Mercedes D.IVa engine and was later powered by a 2400NaN0 Maybach Mb.IVa. The C.X had the highest top speed and service ceiling of all German C-type aircraft and an order was placed for the aircraft in August 1918, but few were built and tested before the war ended.

References

• Book: Gray . Peter . Thetford . Owen . German Aircraft of the First World War . 1970 . Putnam . London . 2nd . 0-370-00103-6 . 520 .
• Herris . J. . 78 . Rare Birds: Rumpler C.X . Over the Front . XXIII . 1 . League of World War I Aviation Historians . 2008 . 0888-272X .
• Book: Herris . Jack . Rumpler Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes . 2014 . Aeronaut Books . n.p. . 978-1-935881-21-6. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. 11.