The Sablatnig Flugzeugbau Gmbh. has designed a machine of quite small dimensions and low power, which, when towed by a small motor car, can be conveyed through the streets, without interfering with traffic. It is designed to be folded down as well as prepared for flight within a few minutes.
The speed reached by this small machine of 8.4 m. span is 110 km. per hr. The planes are braced by means of Cables to the fuselage and a small cabane in front of the pilot. The very substantial fuselage is made up of wooden frames covered with tliree-ply wood. A 3-cylinder 20 hp. engine drives a tractor propeller. The stabilizer and elevator are braced to the fin by a single wooden stay. Fuel can be carried for two and five-tenths hours.
To fold the airplane for transport on the ground the stay of the stabilizer is loosened and the stabilizer and elevator hinged upwards. Turning round the handle visible at the top of the cabane will release the cables of the supporting planes, thus allowing the latter to be readily withdrawn. Special rests are provided on the chassis and at the end of the fuselage to support the supporting planes during transport, so that the gage of the chassis is not exceeded. Thus folded down, the airplane is carried as a trailer by a small motor car, the tailskid being inserted into a clip at the rear of the latter. In order to get the airplane ready for flight, the same operations are repeated in an inverse order. No special tightening is required before starting, the tightening wires being stretched uniformly by the lock.
When folded down, the airplane can be stored in an ordinary automobile garage, no special airplane shed being required,
which greatly reduces the operating expenses.
Type |
Single seat sportplane |
Engine |
1 RAW (20 hp) , later 1 Haacke 30 hp with Reschke prop ?. |
Dimensions |
Length 5,30 m, height 2,20 m, span 8,40 m, wing area , width during transport 1,40 m |
Weights |
Empty 182 kg, flying weight 295 kg (with 4 h fuel, pilot and load), wing loading 22,5 kg/m2 |
Performance |
Max.. speed 125 km/h , cruising speed , range , endurance , service ceiling , climb to 1000 m 12 min. start to 20 m (4 sec.) 10 - 15 m, |
Type |
Werk.Nr |
Registration |
History |
K.E.1. |
|
|
Construction started in Nov. 1918. Aceepted for civil use 7 May 1920. Used by Ing. Kromer, teacher at Kuffhäuser-Technikum, Frankenhausen for many flights at Frankenhausen. The students made many improvements on the aircraft |