Junkers K 47

Junkers K 47
Type:	Fighter plane
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Junkers
First flight:	1929

The Junkers K 47 aircraft is a military variant of the Junkers A 48 developed by Junkers in 1928 .

development

The K 47 was a two-seat fighter and fighter-bomber designed in low-wing construction and played a role in both the creation of the concept of fall warplanes and the destroyer . The development of the Ju 87 dive fighter aircraft was based on the K 47.

The K 47 was the first fighter aircraft to have rear armament in the form of a machine gun . This was operated by the gunner sitting behind the pilot . At the time of its manufacture, the aircraft was superior to all foreign fighters; however, it was not a great economic success. Only two of them were sold to the USSR , one of them to Japan . China purchased twelve machines from AB Flygindustri in Limhamn , the Junkers branch in Sweden. Some were dismantled and sold in Germany to the DVL , which used them to carry out dive-fighting experiments .

Motor variants

K 47b Bristol Jupiter VII with 323 kW (440 PS)
K 47ba BMW Hornet with 441 kW (600 PS)
K 47bo Pratt & Whitney R-1340 with 330 kW (448 PS)
K 47cae Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar Major GF with 419 kW (570 PS)
K 47ce Armstrong Siddeley Jaguar S with 338 kW (460 PS)
K 47cu Armstrong-Siddeley Jaguar Major S with 368 kW (500 PS)
K 47di Bristol Jupiter VI with 356 kW (484 PS)
K 47dy Siemens Sh 20 with 397 kW (540 PS)

Technical specifications

Three-sided tear

Parameter	Data
crew	2
span	12.40 m
length	8.55 m
height	2.80 m
Wing area	22.80 m²
Max. Takeoff mass	1635 kg
Top speed	300 km / h (BMW engine)
Range	480 km

literature

Lennart Andersson: German-Swedish secret projects between 1921 and 1935. In: Flieger Revue extra. Issue 18, September 2007, ISSN 0941-889X , pp. 23-26.
Lennart Andersson: Smooth Operator. The Junkers K 47 . In: The Aviation Historian, Issue 27, April 2019, pp. 106–118.

Web links

Junkers K 47 on Junkers.de