Albatros L103
L 103 | |
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Role | Experimental aircraft |
Manufacturer | Albatros Flugzeugwerke |
First flight | 1933[1] |
Number built | 1[1] |
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The Albatros L 103 (company designation) / Albatros Al 103 (RLM designation) was a German experimental aircraft of the 1930s. It was a parasol-wing landplane of conventional configuration, seating the pilot and flight test observer in separate, open cockpits. The Al 103 was used to test variations in sweepback, dihedral and tailplane area.[1][2]
Specifications (L 103)
Data from [3] & German Aircraft between 1919 - 1945[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 11.15 m (36 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 15.4 m (50 ft 6 in) with 10° sweepback
- Height: 3.66 m (12 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 32.86 m2 (353.7 sq ft)
- Aspect ratio: 7.22
- Empty weight: 925 kg (2,039 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,450 kg (3,197 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 100 kg (220 lb) + Oil 10 kg (22 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Argus As 10C inverted V-8, air-cooled piston engine, 176.5 kW (236.7 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn) at sea level
- Cruising speed: 193 km/h (120 mph; 104 kn) at altitude[2]
- Range: 322 km (200 mi; 174 nmi)
- Endurance: 2 hours
- Service ceiling: 4,000 m (13,123 ft)
- Rate of climb: 2.7 m/s (530 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 44.12 kg/m2 (9.04 lb/sq ft)
Notes
- 1 2 3 4 "Albatros Al 103". Germany. Retrieved 9 March 2012.
- 1 2 "Kites, Birds & Stuff: Aircraft of Germany - A to D". December 17, 2014. p. 79 of 326. Retrieved 2016-04-04.
- ↑ Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 : Band 1 Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier (in German). 1 (1st ed.). Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 36–37 & 236–237. ISBN 3-7637-5465-2.
References
- Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 : Band 1 Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier (in German). 1 (1st ed.). Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 36–37 & 236–237. ISBN 3-7637-5465-2.
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