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The Albatros L 75 Ass (German: "
Ace ") was a German
trainer
biplane of the 1920s. Of conventional configuration, it seated the
pilot and instructor in separate, open
cockpits . The wings were
single-bay , equal-span, and had a slight stagger. Production continued after Albatros was absorbed by
Focke-Wulf .
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: 2
Length: 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 tank
Powerplant: 1 ×
BMW Va six-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine, 270 kW (360 hp) for take-off 240 kW (320 hp) continuous
Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller
Performance
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 minutes
Wing 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.
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"Albatros L 75" . histaviation.com . Retrieved 9 February 2018 .
Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . London: Studio Editions. p. 56.
Early aircraft Military
Idflieg designations
B type unarmed reconnaissance biplanes C type armed reconnaissance biplanes D type Doppeldecker fighters Dr type Dreidecker triplane fighters G type Grossflugzeug bombers J type close support
Company designations
Landflugzeug (Landplanes)Wasserflugzeug (Seaplanes)Höhenflugzeug (High Altitude)
1 to 100 101 to 200 201 to 300 301 to 349 Post-349 (non-sequential)
1 Not assigned
2 Unofficial/proposed
3 Assigned, but not used before RLM was dissolved
4 Assigned to captured aircraft
5 Unconfirmed
6 Propaganda/cover designation
Note: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.