Junkers K 37

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Junkers K 37
Junkers K.37 flight photo NACA Aircraft Circular No.104.jpg
Type: Fighter plane
Design country:

German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire

Manufacturer:

Junkers

First flight:

September 5, 1927 (basic type S 36)

Commissioning:

1927

Production time:

?

Number of pieces:

?

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The Junkers K 37 was a low- wing fighter aircraft designed by the German manufacturer Junkers, which was based on the Junkers S 36 test aircraft .

history

The K 37 was a cantilever low wing aircraft in all-metal construction with a rigid landing gear. The machine was manufactured from a Junkers S 36 in the Junkers branch in Limhamn in Sweden in 1927 . The originally civil version of the S 36 was made suitable for the military by installing four machine guns. One movable machine gun was located in the upper bow segment and in the back of the central part of the fuselage. Furthermore, it was possible to fire downwards by opening a bottom flap. A maximum bomb load of 500 kg could be carried under the wings. The engine consisted of two Siemens Jupiter VI engines with a starting power of 1020 HP (750 kW). Two versions were planned, a land version with landing gear and a water version with floats. The crew consisted of 3 men. The command posts and the cockpit were still without a pulpit.

The first two Junkers K 37 had the Swedish license plates S-AABL and S-AABP. The S-AABP was sold to the Japanese armed forces together with the reproduction license in 1932 and formed the basis for the Ki-1 and Ki-2 bomber series built in 1935 for the Japanese aircraft manufacturer Mitsubishi Nainenki Kabushiki Kaisha .

Technical specifications

Parameter Data of the Junkers K 37 be
crew 3
length 11.41 m
span 20.14 m
height 4.60 m
Wing area 54.00 m²
Preparation mass 2750 kg
Takeoff mass 4500 kg
Top speed 245 km / h
Continuous speed 220 km / h
Landing speed 110 km / h
Ascent time to 3000 m 13.0 min
Climb performance 3.80 m / s
Service ceiling 6750 m
Range 850 km
Engines 2 × 9-cylinder radial engines Gnôme-Rhône Jupiter VI with 440 kW (600 PS) each
Armament 3 machine guns

Technical data license construction Ki-1

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Parameter Mitsubishi Ki 1 data
crew 4th
length 11.40 m
span 20.14 m
height 4.60 m
Wing area 54.0 m²
Empty mass 2800 kg
Takeoff mass 4500 kg
Top speed 232 km / h
Marching speed 195 km / h
Service ceiling 6500 m
Engines 2 × Mitsubishi Ha-2 (takeoff power 1880 PS)

See also

literature

  • Günter Schmitt: The Junkers aircraft type book. The Junkers aircraft and the JFM aircraft, presented in texts, photos, data, tables and three-sided drawings . 2nd Edition. Funk-Verlag, Dessau 2006, ISBN 3-936124-89-2 .

Web links

Commons : Junkers K 37  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manfred Griehl: Junkers. Aircraft since 1915 (=  type compass ). Motorbuch Verlag, Stuttgart 2010, ISBN 978-3-613-03179-1 , p. 43 ff .