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Hansa-Brandenburg L.16
Role
Fighter Type of aircraft
Manufacturer
Hansa-Brandenburg
First flight
1917
Status
Prototype
Primary user
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Produced
1917 - 1918
Number built
1
The Hansa-Brandenburg L.16 , was an
experimental
triplane
fighter that was designed in the Austro-Hungarian Empire during the First World War.
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Specifications (Hansa-Brandenburg L.16)
Data from
[1]
General characteristics
Crew: 1
Length: 7.17 m (23 ft 6 in)
Upper wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Mid wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Lower wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
Height: 2.82 m (9 ft 3 in)
Wing area: 33.5 m2 (361 sq ft)
Empty weight: 740 kg (1,631 lb)
Gross weight: 935 kg (2,061 lb)
Powerplant: 1 ×
Austro-Daimler 185hp 6-cylinder water-cooled in-line piston engine, 138 kW (185 hp)
Performance
Maximum speed: 190 km/h (120 mph, 100 kn)
Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 1 minute
2,000 m (6,600 ft) in 3 minutes
Armament
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b Grosz, Peter M.; Haddow, George; Scheiner, Peter (2002) [1993]. Austro-Hungarian Army Aircraft of World War One . Boulder: Flying Machine Press. pp. 425–426.
ISBN
1-891268-05-8 .
Gray, Peter; Thetford, Owen (1970). German Aircraft of the First World War (2nd ed.). London: Putnam.
ISBN
978-0-370-00103-6 .
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