Daimler CL.I
Role	Fighter Type of aircraft
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Daimler
Designer	Hanns Klemm
First flight	1917
Number built	1

The Daimler CL.I was a prototype two-seat fighter built in Germany during World War I.

Design and development

The CL.I was built by the Daimler Motorengesellschaft Werke with the internal designation L8. It first flew in 1917 but did not enter production, although in 1919, it was marketed for export to the Chilean Air Force.

Specifications

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 7.45 m (24 ft 5 in)
Wingspan: 11.82 m (38 ft 9 in)
Height: 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in)
Wing area: 31.5 m² (339 sq ft)
Empty weight: 820 kg (1,808 lb)
Gross weight: 1,230 kg (2,712 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Daimler D.IIIb V-8 water-cooled piston engine, 138 kW (185 hp)
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller

Performance

Maximum speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
Cruise speed: 135 km/h (84 mph, 73 kn)
Endurance: 4 hours

Armament

Guns: 1 x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine gun, with one7.92 mm (0.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun on a flexible mount in the rear caockpit

References

Gray, Peter & Thetford, Owen (1987) [1970]. German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
Green, William & Swanborough, Gordon (2001) [1994]. The Complete Book of Fighters: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Every Fighter Built and Flown (Revised and Updated ed.). London: Salamander Books. ISBN 1-84065-269-1.
Herris, Jack (2020). German Aircraft of Minor Manufacturers in WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Airplanes. Gret War Aviation Centennial Series (49). Vol. 1: Alter to Korn. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-85-8.

v t e Daimler aircraft
Daimler designations	L6 L8 L9 L11 L14 L15 L17 L20 L21
Fighters	D.I D.II D.III
Grossflugzeuge (G) types	G.I G.II G.III
Reisenflugzeuge (R) types	R.I R.II

Idflieg C-, CL-, and CLS-class aircraft designations

C-

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

CL-

BFW	CL.I CL.II CL.III CL.IV
Daimler	CL.I
Halberstadt	CL.II CL.IV
Hannover	CL.II CL.III CL.V
Junkers	CL.I
Zeppelin-Lindau	CL.I CL.II

CLS-

Albatros	CLS.I
Halberstadt	CLS.I CLS.II CLS.X
Junkers	CLS.I

Design and development

Specifications

References

Further reading