Roland C.II specs

Does anybody out there have the following specs for the Rolland C.II:
Gross Weight, HP, Endurance range, Max Speed, Climb Time to 2000 meters (in minutes and seconds) and any gereral comments on the flight characteristics

I am using these in building a Flight Model for a WW1 FlightSim and I do not have this information on this plane. Thanks to anybody who can help.

Tally Ho

[Dan_San_Abbott]

Ernest:
Performance specifications on the L.F.G. Rol.C.II were:
span,10.33m; length, 7.70m; height, 2.86m
empty weight, 789kg; useful load, 520kg; total weight, 1309kg.
rate of clim: to 1000m, 7min.; to 2000m, 14min.; to 3000m, 26min.; to 4000m, 45min. service ceiling 4500m.
range 825 km.
bomb load: 100 kg.
267 were ordered and in all probability all were made and delivered.
blue skies,
Dan-San Abbott

Dear Sir:
Thank you for the information, but I need 2 additional items. 1. max speed and 2. endurance in time (not distance, sorry I was not clear the first time).

Tally Ho

[Dan_San_Abbott]

Hi Ernest:
The maximum airspeed is 165 km /hr and the enduance is 4 to 5 hours depending onthe fuel load.
Blue skies,
Dan-San Abbott

Dear Sir:
Thank you, this is what I needed. I was looking in the "Jane's Fighting Aircraft of World War 1" at the book store yesterday before I purchased it and the numbers they give for climb time of the Roland C.II is:
500 meters = 4 min
1000 meters = 8 min
1500 meters = 14 min
2000 meters = 22 min

I think your numbers are far more accurate considering all the other WW1 planes's Flight Models that I have built and their flight parameter numbers. I wonder where they got their numbers and why they could be so far off. By the way, you never did say where your information came from and thanks again.

Tally Ho

Ernest,
a lot of readers/contributors of this forum are playing wwi sims! So it would be a great idea to inform us when your sim is ready and how and where to purchase. thanks in advance!

I go by Panama Red in all the Red Baron II/3D forums, and if you have used any of my Western Front Historical Flight Models (WFHFM) series for that game, you know what I have accomplished so far with all the real historic flight parameters that every body has provided me.

If you have not used them, they can be found on the Wings of Honor website. The 3 FM's that I have over there at the monent only have all of the 22 "Flyable" slots corrected, but I am working on the other 14 AI two seater flyables now.

I am also on the team creating "The Western Front" patch that plans on having even more planes that people have created and I am the flight model builder for that patch. As a result, I will be asking for information on other planes that I do not have the required information on so I can properly build their flight models too.

Tally Ho

http://209.235.66.44/WW1/Germans/Planes/LFG-Rol-C2.htm

You might also try this source document:

German Aircraft of World War I by Gray & Thetford, Putnam Books, ISBN 0 85177 809 7