Gotha Go 145

Gotha Go 145
Type:	Trainer aircraft
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Gothaer Waggonfabrik
First flight:	February 1934
Commissioning:	1936
Production time:	1936-1940
Number of pieces:	1182

The Gotha Go 145 was a trainer aircraft from Gothaer Waggonfabrik Aktiengesellschaft. Almost 1200 machines were built between 1936 and 1940.

history

The Gothaer Waggonbau company resumed aircraft construction at the end of 1933 after a 15-year break . The Go 145 was the first in-house development after the First World War . The Go 145 was designed as an advanced training aircraft in mixed construction as an open two-seat biplane . The Argus As 10 C with 240 hp was installed as the engine . Series production of the aircraft began in March 1936 and ended as early as October 1938 after the Go 145 A built for the RLM in 1120. In addition to Gotha (584 aircraft), Erla (106 aircraft), AGO (241 aircraft), BFW (115 aircraft) and Focke built -Wulf (74 aircraft) the Go 145 under license. The first 30 aircraft were exported to Turkey as early as 1936 . In 1937 Austria received 12 aircraft. 21 aircraft were delivered to Spain during the Spanish Civil War . For export purposes, another 13 aircraft were built in 1939 (for Romania ) and ten in 1940. The planes from 1940 were probably taken over for the Luftwaffe . A total of 1182 Go 145s were built without prototypes.

Series production of the Go 145 :

year	number of pieces
1936	459
1937	566
1938	134
1939	13
1940	10
total	1182

The Go 145 was used in combat at the end of 1944 / beginning of 1945, when it was used as a makeshift fighter aircraft in Night Battle Groups 2 and 5.

Military users

 German Empire

air force

 Austria

Federal Army : 12 units were delivered in 1937

 Spain

Ejército del Aire

 Czechoslovakia

after the war as C-15 (for Cvičná letadla, trainer aircraft)

 Turkey

Technical specifications

Manufacturer:	Gotha
Type:	Go 145A
Design:	double decker
Design type:	single-handled, tense
Usage:	training
Engine:	air-cooled eight-cylinder V-engine type Argus As 10 C with 240 HP starting power
Crew:	1 pilot, 1 passenger
Special features:	air-cooled engines from 240 to 350 HP starting power can be installed

Further technical details

Three-sided view

Parameter Data Dimensions: Span, top / bottom 9.00 m Length, gr. 8.70 m Height, gr. 2.90 m Wheel track 1.97 m Type of tire Low pressure wheel size 580 × 165 Wheel brake hydraulic Contents of the fuel tank 180 l Contents of the lubricant reservoir 25 l Area: Wing with ailerons, above 11.00 m² , below 10.75 m² Total wing area 21.75 m² Ailerons, up / down 1.20 m² Tailplane 4.20 m² Vertical stabilizer 1.82 m² Wing: Outline, top / bottom rectangular, with rounded. end up V shape, top / bottom 3 ° Arrow shape, up 11 ° 30 ' , below 0 °

Parameter Data graduation 1.05 m average Surface depth, above 1.22 m , below 1.19 m Extension of the wings, above 7.36 , below 7.53 Breaking load multiple S4K = 9.50-11.55 Masses: Empty mass 880 kg Payload 500 kg Takeoff mass 1350 kg Propeller: design type Rigid screw drive directly diameter 2.50 m Number of sheets 2 Building material Wood Sense of rotation right Helical surface 4.91 m² Building materials: Structure Wooden frame, covered with fabric Fuselage Tubular steel frame, fabric-covered Tail unit Light metal, fabric covered

Parameter Data Services: Flight duration 3.5 h Flight distance 630 km Fuel consumption 29.0 l / 100 km Lubricant consumption 1.4 l / 100 km Top speed 212 km / h Cruising speed 180 km / h Landing speed 90 km / h Takeoff route 188 m Landing route 160 m Service ceiling 3700 m Rise times on 1000 m 5.5 min 2000 m 12.5 min 3000 m 21.5 min Service ceiling 34.7 min Rate of climb near the ground 4.50 m / s Wing loading 62.11 kg / m² Power load 5.62 kg / hp Area performance 11.03 hp / m² Helical area performance 48.95 hp / m²

See also

• List of aircraft types

literature

• Sources: Federal Archives / Military Archives Freiburg
• Airplane = type book
• Christian Möller: The operations of night battle groups 1, 2 and 20 on the Western Front from September 1944 to May 1945 - With an overview of the formation and use of the sturgeon and night battle groups of the German Air Force from 1942 to 1944 , dissertation (358 p., 196 fig .), Aachen 2008, ISBN 978-3-938208-67-0 .

Web links

Commons : Gotha Go 145  - collection of images

Individual evidence

1. ^ F. Haubner: The aircraft of the Austrian Air Force before 1938. H. Weishaupt Verlag, Graz 1982
2. ^ Hans-Joachim Mau: Czechoslovak aircraft. Transpress, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-344-00121-3 , p. 190