Hansa-Brandenburg W.32

Hansa-Brandenburg W.32
Type:	Training and reconnaissance aircraft
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Hansa and Brandenburg aircraft works
Commissioning:	1918
Number of pieces:	3

The Hansa-Brandenburg W.32 was a training and reconnaissance aircraft in the First World War . The single-handled biplane was a seaplane with two floats. Ernst Heinkel designed the aircraft as a further developed version of the Hansa-Brandenburg W.12 . Only a few copies were built.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data
crew	2
length	8.32 m
span	11.20 m above 10.50 m below
height	3.25 m
Wing area	36.60 m²
Preparation mass	1063 kg
Payload	481 kg
Takeoff mass	1544 kg
Engine	an in- line engine Mercedes D IIIa , 160 PS (118 kW)
Top speed	160 km / h near the ground 175 km / h at 2000 m altitude
Marching speed	150 km / h
Rise time	8.54 min at 800 m altitude 11.36 min at 1000 m altitude
Range	650 km
Armament	a fixed 7.9 mm machine gun a movable 7.9 mm machine gun

Individual evidence

1. ^ ^{A b} Günter Kroschel, Helmut Stützer: The German military aircraft 1910–1918 . E. S. Mittler & Sohn, Herford 1994, ISBN 978-3-920602-18-9 , pp. 164 .
2. ↑ AERO, issue 91, page 2544
3. ^ H. Dieter Köhler Die deutsche Luftfahrt Ernst Heinkel - Pioneer of high-speed aircraft , 2nd edition 1999, p. 272