| Type |
Two seat trainer |
| Engine |
1 Walter Pollux II |
| Dimensions |
Length 8,30 m , height , span 11,15 m , wing area 28,56 m2 , |
| Weights |
Empty 1185 kg, loaded 1570 kg , max. take off weight |
| Performance |
Max.. speed 230 km/h , cruising speed 190 km/h , range 700 km , endurance , service ceiling 5700 m , climb 214 m/min. |
The first E-41 series, as agreed, were equipped with HS 8Fb engines, but the latest aircraft received Walter "Pollux II" engines. A prototype with this power plant was tested July 24, 1936. Comparative tests of both prototypes showed that the second option would be preferable, so the second batch of 95 aircraft was produced with Walter engines and received the designation E-241 .
Unfortunately, they were not used for very long in the combined Czechoslovak Air Force. After the partial occupation of the country, most of them remained Czechs, but already in March 1939 the E.241 park was divided between the Germans who completely occupied the territory of the Czech Republic and the newly formed Slovak state.
The Slovak Air Force got 33 E-241 aircraft. During the military conflict with Hungary in March 1939, when the formation of Slovak military aviation was not yet completed, they were used as liaison aircraft. During the aggression against the Soviet Union, several E-241s were attached to intelligence units as courier units. The fate of the remaining aircraft by August 1944 is not reliably known. Apparently they were partly destroyed on the ground, or passed into the hands of the Germans.
