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AEG R.I
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The AEG R.I was a four-engined biplane bomber aircraft of World War I. It was unusual for a multi-engined aircraft in that rather than mounting propellers directly to the engines and mounting these in nacelles, the R.I carried all its engines within the fuselage and turned its propellers via a system of driveshafts. A single prototype was completed and flew in 1916 but crashed, killing all seven crew on board. A second example remained unfinished at the end of the war.
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- Length: 19.50 m (63 ft 11 in)
- Wingspan: 36.00 m (118 ft 1 in)
- Height: m ( ft)
- Wing area: m² ( ft²)
- Empty: 9,000 kg (19,800 lb)
- Loaded: 12,500 kg (27,600 lb)
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- Powerplant: 4x Mercedes D.IVa, 194 kW (260 hp) each
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- Rate of climb: m/min ( ft/min)
- Wing loading: kg/m² ( lb/ft²)
- Power/Mass: kW/kg ( hp/lb)
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