Type | 3-seat seaplane for testing catapult starts |
Engine | 1 Gnöme-Rhöne Jupiter VI |
Dimensions | Length 10,7 m, height 4,25 m, span 12,4 m (lower wing 11,88 m), wing area 44,0 m2 |
Weights | Empty 1450 kg, flying weight 2350 kg, fuel 635 l in two tanks (one in the wing and one in the fuselage) |
Performance | Max. speed 172 km/h, landing speed 85 km/h,climb to 1000 m 3,6 min., to 2000 m 8,8 min., service ceiling 4300 m, endurance 5 h, range 850 km |
Armament | Planned : 2 machine guns |
Type | Werk.Nr | Registration | History |
265 | D-1237 | Built in 1927. first flight 28/6. Pilot was Wolfgang von Gronau. Modified after first tests with fenders to reduce the bow waves. To improve the performance the upper wing was moved backwards two times and change of propeller. To Severa 12/9 1927. Accident 27/4 1928, the propeller was lost at an altitude of 2000 m, at the emergency landing the engine was loosen. Repaired by Aero-Sport GmbH. Taken over by Erpropungsstelle Travemünde in Aug. 1929 |