Friedrichshafen N.I Explained
The Friedrichshafen N.I was a German prototype night bomber built by Friedrichshafen during World War I.
Design and development
The Friedrichshafen N.I was a two-seat biplane equipped with a Mercedes D.IVa engine, double-mainwheel tri-cycle landing gear and large relatively highly swept biplane wings. It flew in 1917, but flight testing revealed a number of deficiencies, the main one of which was the large length of the nose, which made it difficult for the pilot to get a look at landing, especially at night.[1]
Bibliography
- Book: Gray . Peter . Thetford . Owen . German Aircraft of the First World War . 1970 . Putnam . London . 0-370-00103-6 . 2nd.
- Book: Herris . Jack . Friedrichshafen Aircraft of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes . 2016 . Aeronaut Books . n.p. . 978-1-935881-35-3. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. 21.
- Book: Herris . Jack . Nachtflugzeug: German N-Types of WWI . 2012 . Aeronaut Books . n. p. . 978-1-935881-10-0. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. 3.
Notes and References
- Herris 2012, p. 22