Daimler D.I

The Daimler D.I, also known by the company designation L6, was a German single-seat fighter biplane of the final months of the First World War. It had a conventional layout with a very small gap between the wings, the top wing almost touching the top of the fuselage, and it was powered by a Daimler D.IIIb water-cooled V-8 engine of 138 kilowatts. The L6 prototype took part in the second Idflieg fighter competition at Adlershof in the summer of 1918, and an order for 20 aircraft followed. Production began in 1918, but only six were built by the Armistice, when it was abandoned. It carried two 7.92 mm machine guns and reached about 183 km/h. It is not the same as the Mercedes D.I, an aircraft engine.