Junkers T 21

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Junkers T 21
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Type: Experimental airplane
Design country:

German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire

Manufacturer:

Junkers

First flight:

June 12, 1923

Number of pieces:

2

The Junkers T 21 aircraft was the successor to the Junkers T 19 aircraft .

Development

It is a reconnaissance aircraft designed by Ernst Zindel as a high- wing aircraft, which was built as a model aircraft for the production of the Junkers Ju 21 in Fili near Moscow ( USSR ). The first flight took place on June 12, 1923 in Dessau .

Compared to the T 19, the main changes were made to the fuselage (reinforced), a larger wingspan was provided and the additional drop tanks used on the Ju 21 were designed.

The T 21 was equipped with a BMW IIIa engine with 136 kW. Although made in Germany , the T 21, of which only two copies with the serial numbers 354 and 355 were built, did not appear in the German aircraft role , but was brought to the USSR immediately after testing .

Technical specifications

Parameter Data
span 10.77 m
length 6.70 m
height 2.50 m
Wing area 21.75 m²
Empty mass 913 kg
Takeoff mass 990 kg
Power load 7.50 kg / m²
drive a BMW IIIa
power 136 kW (185 hp)
Top speed 220 km / h
Rise time 4.5 m at 1000 m altitude
9.7 min at 2000 m altitude
32 min at 5000 m altitude
Summit height 5600 m

See also

literature

  • Günter Schmitt: Junkers and his planes . 2nd, unchanged edition. Transpress, Berlin 1986, ISBN 3-344-00192-2 , p. 94 and 180/181 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Junkers Ju 21 (T 21) . In: Fliegerrevue . No. 3/1992 , p. 117 .