Hansa-Brandenburg GI
| Hansa-Brandenburg GI | |
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| Type: | Bomb plane |
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1915 |
| Number of pieces: |
approx. 50 |
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The Hansa-Brandenburg GI was a long-range bomber of the Austro-Hungarian aviation troops in the First World War .
development
The German company Hansa-Brandenburg produced a number of fighter planes from 1914 to 1918 that were used by the Austro-Hungarian aviation troops .
The Hansa-Brandenburg GF (factory name) developed by Ernst Heinkel was developed in 1915 in a greatly reduced form from the prototype ZM I and its reduced version ZM II with two 160 hp Maybach engines based on the model of the specification for three-seater fighter aircraft developed by the German Idflieg been. It was a conventional biplane with slightly staggered wings with slightly different wingspan with - not uncommon for Hansa-Brandenburg aircraft - conspicuously inwardly inclined, three-legged struts. The pilot and bombardier were placed in a long common cockpit, separated from that in the bow there was another cockpit for the gunner. The two engines were not attached to the wings, but attached with steel struts on both sides of the fuselage. However, this had the disadvantage that the flight weight increased and the engine vibration was transmitted directly to the fuselage and the aircraft.
As a result of the bombing raids by Italian planes that began in August 1915, the Austro-Hungarian Army Administration decided to also put large aircraft into service and in May and July ordered a total of two Hansa-Brandenburg GFs for 60,000 RM each (code 05.05 and 05.08). Both machines arrived in April 1916 with considerable transport damage; the resulting legal dispute between the manufacturer and the aviation arsenal (Flars) initially delayed acceptance.
The flars caused some technical changes and let the company UFAG start production under license . In addition, further aircraft were ordered from Hansa-Brandenburg , which were delivered in March 1917.
A total of about 50 aircraft were delivered, twelve were manufactured by UFAG (serial numbers 62. and 62.5).
The aircraft was also used experimentally as a platform for large-caliber on-board cannons: in the bow with the 5 cm or 7 cm Škoda gun, in the rear gunner position with a 3.7 cm Škoda on-board cannon.
commitment
The GI came to three aviation companies (Flik 101 / G, Flik 102 / G and Flik 103 / G) and an aviation replacement company (Flek 22). However, the aviators complained that the now long outdated machines were clearly inferior to the German Gotha G.IV. The Hansa-Brandenburg large aircraft were therefore soon handed over to school units. During the three-month mission at the front, there was therefore only one active use of an aircraft.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Data |
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| Construction year | 1915-1917 |
| Intended use | bomber |
| crew | 3 (pilot, observer, machine gunner) |
| length | 9.80 m |
| span | 18.00 m |
| height | 4.20 m |
| Wing area | 70.0 m² |
| Empty mass | 1776 kg |
| Takeoff mass | 2740 kg |
| Top speed | 143 km / h |
| Climbing time to 1000 m | 6:30 min |
| Service ceiling | 4000 m |
| Range | 1000 km |
| Flight duration | 6 h |
| Engines | 2 water-cooled inline engines Austro-Daimler, each 160 PS (118 kW) |
| Armament | 2 × Schwarzlose machine guns , bombs |
See also
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literature
- Reinhard Keimel : Austria's aircraft. Weishaupt, Graz 1981, ISBN 3-900310-03-3 .
- Karl Meindl: Chronicle of the Fluggeschwader I (Flik 101G) 1917-18 . Austrian Airplane Historians, Vienna 1983, ( ÖFH special issue No. 8).
- Heinz Nowarra: The Development of Airplanes 1914-18 . Lehmanns, Munich 1959.
- Karl R. Pawlas: German Aircraft 1914-1918. A documentation . Pawlas, Nuremberg 1976, ISBN 3-88088-209-6 , ( Aviation Documents 20).
- Michael JH Taylor (Ed.): Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation . Studio Editions, London 1989/1991 , ISBN 1-85170-324-1 , p. 472.
