Heinkel HE 9
HE 9 | |
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Role | Reconnaissance floatplane Type of aircraft |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Heinkel |
First flight | 1927 |
Number built | 1 |
The Heinkel HE 9 was a reconnaissance seaplane developed by the German aviation company Ernst Heinkel Flugzeugwerke AG in the late 1920s.
The aircraft was equipped with 660 liters (492 kW) BMW VI . The planned crew consisted of three people. On 21 May 1929 the plane established numerous world record for seaplanes including a speed record of 231 kilometers per hour in one km of track with a load of 1000 kg. On 10 June HE 9 set a speed record for 1000 km of track with a load of 1000 kg.
Specifications
Data from [1]
General characteristics
- Crew: 3
- Length: 11.6 m (38 ft 1 in)
- Wingspan: 16.8 m (55 ft 1 in)
- Height: 4.56 m (15 ft 0 in)
- Wing area: 47.5 m2 (511 sq ft)
- Empty weight: 2,379 kg (5,245 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 3,000 kg (6,614 lb)
- Fuel capacity: 500 kg
- Powerplant: 1 × BMW VI V-12 water-cooled piston engine, 560 kW (750 hp)
- Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch metal propeller
Performance
- Maximum speed: 250 km/h (160 mph, 130 kn)
- Range: 850 km (530 mi, 460 nmi)
- Service ceiling: 5,900 m (19,400 ft)
- Rate of climb: 2.8 m/s (550 ft/min)
- Time to altitude: 1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 2 minutes 50 seconds: 5,000 m (16,000 ft) in 25 minutes'
- Wing loading: 63 kg/m2 (13 lb/sq ft)
References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Heinkel HE 9.
- ^ "Das Virtuelle Luftfahrtmuseum - Heinkel HE 9 a". 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
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