1920s German trainer biplane
TheAlbatros L 75Ass (German: "Ace ") was a Germantrainer biplane of the 1920s. Of conventional configuration, it seated thepilot and instructor in separate, opencockpits . The wings weresingle-bay , equal-span, and had a slight stagger. Production continued after Albatros was absorbed byFocke-Wulf .
Specifications (L 75a)[ edit ] Albatros L 75 drawing from Le Document aéronautique November,1928 Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928,[ 1] German Aircraft between 1919–1945[ 2]
General characteristics
Crew: 2Length: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)Height: 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)Wing area: 37 m2 (400 sq ft)Empty weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)Gross weight: 1,835 kg (4,045 lb)Fuel capacity: 480 L (130 US gal; 110 imp gal) main, 93 L (25 US gal; 20 imp gal) in reserve gravity-feed tankPowerplant: 1 ×BMW Va six-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine, 270 kW (360 hp) for take-off 240 kW (320 hp) continuousPropellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propellerPerformance
Maximum speed: 217 km/h (135 mph, 117 kn)Cruise speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)Landing speed: 90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)Range: 1,600 km (990 mi, 860 nmi)Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 7 minutesWing loading: 59.8 kg/m2 (12.2 lb/sq ft)Power/mass : 0.1141 kW/kg (0.0694 hp/lb)^ Grey, C.G., ed. (1928).Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928 . London: Sampson Low, Marston & company, ltd. p. 128c. ^ "Albatros L 75" .histaviation.com . Retrieved9 February 2018 .Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . London: Studio Editions. p. 56.
Early aircraft MilitaryIdflieg designations
B type unarmed reconnaissance biplanes C type armed reconnaissance biplanes D typeDoppeldecker fighters Dr typeDreidecker triplane fighters G typeGrossflugzeug bombers J type close support
Company designations
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1 to 100 101 to 200 201 to 300 301 to 349 Post-349 (non-sequential) 1 Not assigned2 Unofficial/proposed3 Assigned, but not used before RLM was dissolved4 Assigned to captured aircraft5 Unconfirmed6 Propaganda/cover designation7 Assigned to multiple typesNote: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.