Halberstadt C.IX

WWI German reconnaissance biplane

C.IX
Role	ReconnaissanceType of aircraft
Manufacturer	Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke
First flight	1918
Primary user	Luftstreitkräfte
Developed from	Halberstadt C.V

The Halberstadt C.IX was a German single-engined reconnaissance biplane of World War I, built by Halberstädter Flugzeugwerke. It was derived from the Halberstadt C.V, with a more powerful supercharged 230 hp Hiero engine.

Specifications

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General characteristics

Performance

Maximum speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
Endurance: 3½ hours
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
Rate of climb: 10.42 m/s (2,051 ft/min)
Time to altitude:
- 2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 3 minutes 12 seconds
- 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 23 minutes

Armament

Guns:
1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 Spandau machine gun mounted in the forward fuselage port side
1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum machine gun on a flexible mounting in the rear cockpit
up to 50 kg of bombs

Treadwell, Terry, 2010. German and Austro-Hungarian Aircraft Manufacturers 1908-1918. Stroud: Amberley Publishing.

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

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AEG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII
AGO	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Albatros	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X C.XI C.XII C.XIII C.XIV C.XV
Aviatik	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Caspar	C.I
DFW	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI
Fokker	C.I C.II C.III
Friedrichshafen	C.I
Germania	C.I C.II C.III C.IV
Halberstadt	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VII C.VIII C.IX
Hannover	C.I C.IV
LFG Roland	C.I C.II C.III C.V C.VIII
LVG	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX
OAW	C.I C.II
Otto	C.I C.II
Pfalz	C.I
Rumpler	C.I C.II C.III C.IV C.V C.VI C.VII C.VIII C.IX C.X
Sablatnig	C.I C.II C.III
Schütte-Lanz	C.I
Zeppelin	C.I C.II

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