Junkers K 39

Junkers K 39
Type:	Fighter plane
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Junkers
First flight:	1927
Commissioning:	never
Number of pieces:	1

The Junkers K 39 was a Junkers A 32 converted by the Swedish branch of the Junkers company in Limhamn , which was to be offered for military purposes. For this purpose, one of the two A 32s built in Dessau in 1926 was flown to Sweden and converted there by AB Flygindustri .

history

For the K 39, the cell of the Junkers A 32 was extended by three machine gun positions and a device for dropping light bombs (100 kg in total). The observer in the lower part of the fuselage should also be responsible for the downward defense in a command post . The weak BMW engine was replaced by a Junkers L55 with 600 hp, which, however, did not result in any noteworthy performance increases. Sales negotiations ended without a contract, however, as the Junkers machine was inferior to the French and British competitors in terms of price and technology.

It stayed with a converted copy.

Technical specifications

Three-sided view with the firing range of the defensive armament

Parameter	Data
crew	3
span	17.82 m
length	11.10 m
height	3.38 m
Wing area	41.00 m²
Empty mass	1930 kg
Takeoff mass	3000 kg
drive	1 × Junkers L 55
Starting power	600 hp (441 kW)
Top speed	214 km / h
Marching speed	175 km / h
Service ceiling	6000 m

See also

• List of aircraft types

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. Anhaltische Verlags-Gesellschaft, Dessau 1997, ISBN 3-910192-52-1 .
• Günter Schmitt: Hugo Junkers and his aircraft. Transpress, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-344-00303-8 .

Web links

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

• Junkers K 39 on Junkers.de