Hansa-Brandenburg W.23
| W.23 | |
|---|---|
| Role | Flying-boat fighter |
| Manufacturer | Hansa und Brandenburgische Flugzeug-Werke |
| Designer | Ernst Heinkel |
| First flight | 1917 |
| Introduction | June 1917 |
| Number built | 3 |
The Hansa-Brandenburg W.23 was a German flying-boat fighter of World War I.
Design
The W.23 followed the design philosophy for all flying boat biplanes built by Hansa-Brandenburg, including a swept lower wing, wing floats, pusher engine arrangement, and a single-step hull. Although similar to design to the Hansa-Brandenburg W.18, it differed in having a longer fuselage. Three aircraft (MN 1647-1649) were delivered from June 1917 to January 1918, but flight characteristics were deemed poor.[1]
Operators
- Kaiserliche Marine (Marinefliegerkorps)
Specifications
Data from Hansa-Brandenburg : Aircraft of WW InVolume 2, Biplane Seaplanes[2]
General characteristics
- Crew: 1
- Length: 9.13 m (29 ft 11 in) overall
- 8.6 m (28 ft) hull only
- Upper wingspan: 10.7 m (35 ft 1 in)
- Lower wingspan: 10.24 m (33 ft 7 in)
- Width: 1 m (3 ft 3 in) hull
- Height: 3.6 m (11 ft 10 in)
- Wing area: 34.7 m2 (374 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 918 kg (2,024 lb)
- Gross weight: 1,261 kg (2,780 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Mercedes D.III inline piston engine, 120 kW (160 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch pusher propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 165 km/h (103 mph, 89 kn)
- Service ceiling: 3,000 m (9,800 ft)
- Time to altitude:
- 800 m (2,625 ft) in 6 minutes
- 1,000 m (3,281 ft) in 7 minutes
- 1,500 m (4,921 ft) in 12 minutes
- 2,000 m (6,562 ft) in 18 minutes 12 seconds
- 3,000 m (9,843 ft) in 38 minutes 18 seconds
Armament
- Guns: 1x 7.92 mm (0.312 in) LMG 08/15 machine gun[1] (1x Becker Type M2 20 mm cannon proposed)
See also
Related lists
References
- ^ a b Green, William; Swanborough, Gordon (1994). The Complete Book of Fighters. London: Salamander. pp. 85–86. ISBN 1-85833-777-1.
- ^ Owers, C.A. (2015). Hansa-Brandenburg : Aircraft of WW InVolume 2, Biplane Seaplanes. Aeronaut Books. pp. 83–86. ISBN 9781935881322.
Bibliography
- Owers, Colin A. (2015). Hansa-Brandenburg Aircraft of WWI: Volume 2–Biplane Seaplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. Vol. 18. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-32-2.