Junkers A 32

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Junkers A 32
Junkers A 32 L'Aéronautique December, 1927.jpg
Type: Multipurpose aircraft
Design country:

German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire

Manufacturer:

Junkers Flugzeugwerk AG

First flight:

1926

Production time:

1926

Number of pieces:

2

The Junkers A 32 was a multipurpose aircraft made by the German manufacturer Junkers in the 1920s. It was designed as a single - engine low - wing aircraft and could accommodate three people. Since no buyers were found, production ended after just two copies.

history

In the mid-1920s, Junkers began developing a new multi-purpose aircraft. It should be capable of serving as a mail, courier, or aerial survey aircraft. A closed cabin was dispensed with. Thanks to a powerful 12-cylinder engine, it was one of the faster aircraft of its time. In 1926 it was presented to the public as the A 32. Trials began in the same year.

The plane turned out to be too expensive for the small airlines for which it was designed. The only two machines built therefore remained in the manufacturer's possession and were used exclusively for test purposes.

construction

The A 32 was an all-metal aircraft designed as a low-wing aircraft with corrugated iron paneling. As before with the Junkers T 29 , the ailerons , which extended over the entire span, were designed as Junkers double wings . It offered space for a pilot and two passengers on open seats one behind the other. The rearmost seat was arranged in such a way that aerial photographs were easily possible.

A 331 kW BMW VI L-1 V-engine was originally used. It was later replaced by the newly developed Junkers L 55 . The A 32 were the first Junkers aircraft to be equipped with a V-engine .

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
crew 1
Passengers 2
length 11.10 m
span 17.82 m
height 3.38 m
Wing area 41.00 m²
Empty mass 1860 kg
Payload 865 kg
Takeoff mass 2725 kg
Wing loading 68.10 kg / kW
Power load 8.30 kg / m²
Engine a twelve-cylinder - V-engine BMW VI with 441 kW (600 hp)
Top speed 220 km / h
Cruising speed 185 km / h
Summit height 6000 m

See also

literature

Günter Schmitt: Junkers and his planes . 2nd unchanged edition. Transpress, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-344-00192-2 , p. 112 .

Web links

Commons : Junkers A 32  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Schmitt, Junkers, pp. 182/183