Gotha Go 150

Gotha Go 150
Type:	Travel and sport aircraft
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Gothaer Waggonfabrik
First flight:	1937
Number of pieces:	201

The Gotha Go 150 was a touring and sports aircraft made by the German manufacturer Gothaer Waggonfabrik .

history

The aircraft was developed in 1937/38 by the Gothaer Waggonfabrik as a twin-engine, two - seater low- wing aircraft based on a tender for a new training aircraft for the NS Fliegerkorps (NSFK) . The first prototype D-ERCQ took off for the first time in 1937 and reached a top speed of 195 km / h with a take-off mass of 775 kg. The machine took part in the international air race in Frankfurt am Main in 1938. The plane was made almost entirely of wood and was therefore very light. The chassis was a rigid normal chassis. Two Zündapp 9-092 four-cylinder in-line engines with 50 hp each served as drive . There was no military use and it remained in a small series.

On July 5, 1939, a copy called the Go 150S exhibited with the pilot Dr.-Ing. Fritz space and reached 8048 m a new world altitude record in class C, single seat, Category 3. On this machine, however, the wings were enlarged and the engines tuned. Many celebrities (including Heinz Rühmann and Elly Beinhorn ) wanted to purchase the Go 150 privately after this record, but this failed due to political restrictions.

Based on the Go 150, Albert Kalkert developed the Go 241 in 1940 (shortly before he left the Gothaer Waggonfabrik). This was a four-seater machine with retractable landing gear and double vertical tail, which was powered by two Hirth HM506A with 118 kW each. It is not known whether the D-IRMM ever flew.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	2
length	7.15 m
span	11.80 m
height	2.03 m
Wing area	17.50 m²
Wing extension	7.88
V shape	6 °
Wing loading	48.5 kg / m²
Power load	8.5 kg / hp
Area performance	5.71 hp / m²
Empty mass	512 kg
Takeoff mass	850 kg
Top speed	200 km / h
Cruising speed	185 km / h
Landing speed	70 km / h
Rise time	5.5 min at 1000 m altitude
Service ceiling	4500 m
Range	750 km
Flight duration	4.05 h
Takeoff route	400 m
Landing route	350 m
Engines	2 × Zündapp 9-092 four-cylinder in-line engines each with 50 HP (37 kW)

literature

Andreas Metzmacher: "Ultrared" secret project . In: Flugzeug Classic . No. 11 , 2005, ISSN 1617-0725 , p. 80-82 .

Web links

Commons : Gotha Go 150 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Andreas Metzmacher: One for the record , Airplane Monthly, September 2009, pp. 28–31
↑ FliegerRevue March 2010, pp. 56–59, Erla-Gerner-Gotha - car manufacturers try their hand at the Volksflugzeug
^ Helmut Schneider: Airplane Type Book . Handbook of the German aviation and accessories industry. Reprint of the original edition from 1939/40. Gondrom, Bindlach 1993, ISBN 3-8112-0627-3 , p. 53 .

[1] Andreas Metzmacher: One for the record , Airplane Monthly, September 2009, pp. 28–31

[2] FliegerRevue March 2010, pp. 56–59, Erla-Gerner-Gotha - car manufacturers try their hand at the Volksflugzeug

[3] Helmut Schneider: Airplane Type Book . Handbook of the German aviation and accessories industry. Reprint of the original edition from 1939/40. Gondrom, Bindlach 1993, ISBN 3-8112-0627-3 , p. 53 .