Albatros L 75

L 75 Ass
Role	Trainer
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Designer	Walter Blume
First flight	1928
Number built	43

The Albatros L 75 Ass (German: "Ace") was a German trainer biplane of the 1920s. Of conventional configuration, it seated the pilot and instructor in separate, open cockpits. The wings were single-bay, equal-span, and had a slight stagger. Production continued after Albatros was absorbed by Focke-Wulf.

Variants

• L 75 - prototype with BMW IVa engine
• L 75a - production version with BMW Va engine
• L 75b - with Junkers L5 engine
• L 75c - BMW Va engine
• L 75d - BMW Va engine
• L 75E - BMW Va engine
• L 75F - Junkers L5G engine
• L 75DSA - BMW Va engine
• L 75DSB - Junkers L5 engine

Operators

• DVS

Specifications (L 75a)

Albatros L 75 drawing from Le Document aéronautique November,1928

Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1928, German Aircraft between 1919–1945

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 10 m (32 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
• Height: 3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
• Wing area: 37 m² (400 sq ft)
• Empty weight: 1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
• Gross weight: 1,835 kg (4,045 lb)
• Fuel capacity: 480 L (130 US gal; 110 imp gal) main, 93 L (25 US gal; 20 imp gal) in reserve gravity-feed tank
• Powerplant: 1 × BMW Va six-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine, 270 kW (360 hp) for take-off 240 kW (320 hp) continuous
• Propellers: 2-bladed fixed pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed: 217 km/h (135 mph, 117 kn)
• Cruise speed: 170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
  
• Landing speed: 90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)
• Range: 1,600 km (990 mi, 860 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 5,500 m (18,000 ft)
• Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 7 minutes
• Wing loading: 59.8 kg/m² (12.2 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass: 0.1141 kW/kg (0.0694 hp/lb)

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 56.