Albatros L102
L102 | |
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Role | Trainer |
Manufacturer | Albatros Flugzeugwerke |
First flight | September 1932[1] |
Number built | 10[1] |
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The Albatros L102 (company designation) / Albatros Al 102 (RLM designation), was a German trainer aircraft of the 1930s. It was a parasol-wing landplane of conventional configuration, seating the student pilot and instructor in separate, open cockpits. A biplane floatplane version was also built as the Al 102W, with strut-braced lower wings.[1]
Variants
- L102L
- The landplane version with tail-wheel undercarriage and parasol monoplane wing. Eight built.[1]
- L102W
- Two examples built as biplane float-planes, one of which was designated as the Focke-Wulf Fw 55W.[1]
- Al 102L
- RLM designation for the L102L landplane
- Al 102W
- RLM designation for the L102W floatplane
Specifications (L102L)
Data from Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945[2] & German Aircraft between 1919 - 1945[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
- L102W: 9.4 m (31 ft)
- Wingspan: 13.3 m (43 ft 8 in)
- Height: 3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
- Wing area: 22.2 m2 (239 sq ft) monoplane
- Al 102W: 31.40 m2 (338 sq ft) (sesquiplane)
- Aspect ratio: 7.97
- Empty weight: 780 kg (1,720 lb)
- L102W: 965 kg (2,127 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,200 kg (2,646 lb)
- L102W: 1,350 kg (2,976 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 160 kg (353 lb) + Oil 20 kg (44 lb)
- L102W: 158 kg (348 lb) + Oil 10 kg (22 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Argus As 10C inverted V-8, air-cooled piston engine, 177 kW (237 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 210 km/h (130 mph; 113 kn) at sea level
- L102W: 185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn) at sea level
- Cruising speed: 195 km/h (121 mph; 105 kn) at sea level
- L102W: 180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn) at sea level
- Range: 680 km (423 mi; 367 nmi)
- L102W: 585 km (364 mi; 316 nmi)
- Endurance: 3.5 hours
- L102W: 3.25 hours
- Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,404 ft)
- L102W: 4,500 m (14,764 ft)
- Rate of climb: 4.9 m/s (960 ft/min)
- L102W: 3.1 m/s (610.2 ft/min)
- Wing loading: 54.05 kg/m2 (11.07 lb/sq ft)
- L102W: 42.99 kg/m² (8.8 lb/ft²)
Notes
References
- Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993). Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 : Band 1 Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier (in German). 1 (1st ed.). Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 36–37 & 236–237. ISBN 3-7637-5465-2.
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