Si 201
General information
Type	Air observation post
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Siebel Flugzeugwerke Halle K.G.
Number built	2
History
First flight	1938

TheSiebel Si 201 was a Germanair observation post and army cooperation aircraft, designed and built bySiebel. Evaluated against other types, the Si 201 did not enter production and only two prototypes were built.

Designed to meet a requirement for an air observation post and army cooperation aircraft, the Si 201 first flew in 1938. It was evaluated against theFieseler Fi 156 andMesserschmitt Bf 163.^[1] The Fi 156 was ordered into production and only the two prototype 201s were built.

The Si 201 was a high-wing, braced monoplane with a tailwheel landing gear, powered by anArgus As 10C, mounted above the wing and driving a pusher propeller.^[1] It had a boxy, fully glazed forward fuselage with room for a pilot and observer in tandem.

Data from Warplanes of the Third Reich^[2]

General characteristics

• Crew: two
• Length: 10.40 m (34 ft1+1⁄2 in)
• Wingspan:14.00 m (45 ft11+1⁄4 in)
• Height:3.40 m (11 ft1+3⁄4 in)
• Wing area: 31.00 m² (333.7 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,120 kg (2,469 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,440 kg (3,175 lb)
• Powerplant: 1 ×Argus As 10C air-cooled invertedV8 engine, 180 kW (240 hp)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 185 km/h (115 mph, 100 kn) at sea level
• Cruise speed: 150 km/h (93 mph, 81 kn)
• Range: 450 km (280 mi, 240 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,050 ft)
• Rate of climb: 4.20 m/s (827 ft/min)
• Time to altitude: 4.5 min to 1,000 m (3,300 ft)

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

• Fieseler Fi 156 Storch
• Messerschmitt Bf 163

Related lists

• List of military aircraft of Germany

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• Siebel aircraft
• 1930s German military utility aircraft
• Aircraft first flown in 1938
• Single-engined pusher aircraft
• High-wing aircraft
• Aircraft with fixed conventional landing gear
• Single-engined piston aircraft

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