Fieseler Fi 158
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| Fieseler Fi 158 | |
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| The Fi 158 at Kassel-Waldau Airfield | |
| Role | Research Aircraft |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Fieseler Flugzeugbau Kassel |
| First flight | 9 March 1938 |
| Number built | 1 |
| Developed from | Fieseler Fi 157 |
The Fieseler Fi 158 was a civilian research aircraft designed and built in Germany from 1938.
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Development [edit]
Designed as a manned version of the Fi 157 radio-controlled drone, the Fi 158 was a low-winged monoplane built largely of wood, with retractable tailwheel undercarriage and twin fins and rudders, with the crew sat in tandem in an enclosed cabin.
Operational history [edit]
Limited flight testing was carried out before the prototype was destroyed in an air-raid.
Specifications (Fi 158 V1) [edit]
Data from Aircraft of the Third Reich[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1 or 2 (sources differ)
- Length: 6.6 m (21 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 7 m (23 ft 0 in)
- Height: 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
- Wing area: 7 m2 (75 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 494 kg (1,089 lb)
- Gross weight: 646 kg (1,424 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Hirth HM 506A 6-cyl. inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine, 119 kW (160 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed variable pitch propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 350 km/h (217 mph; 189 kn) at sea level
- Cruising speed: 300 km/h (186 mph; 162 kn)
- Range: 370 km (230 mi; 200 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 6,700 m (21,982 ft)
- Rate of climb: 8.33 m/s (1,640 ft/min)
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 2 minutes
References [edit]
Notes [edit]
- ^ Green, William (2010). Aircraft of the Third Reich. Vol.1 (1st ed.). London: Aerospace Publishing Limited. p. 324. ISBN 978 1 900732 06 2.
Bibliography [edit]
- Nowarra Heinz J.:Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945, Bernard & Graeffe Verlag, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-7637-5464-4
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