Messerschmitt M18

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Messerschmitt M 18
Messerschmitt M 18 d
Type: Passenger plane
Design country:

German EmpireGerman Empire German Empire

Manufacturer:

Messerschmitt Flugzeugbau GmbH

First flight:

1926

Commissioning:

June 1926

Production time:

1926-1934

Number of pieces:

26th

The M18 was a single-engine airliner for four passengers that was manufactured by Messerschmitt Flugzeugbau GmbH in four different versions between 1925 and 1934 . In terms of design, it was a cantilevered shoulder-wing wing made of all-metal construction with a tailspur landing gear and cantilevered normal tail unit.

history

In 1925, Theodor Croneiß , the founder of Nordbayrische Verkehrsflug GmbH Fürth, commissioned the young Willy Messerschmitt , who was looking for orders for his aircraft construction company Messerschmitt GmbH, to develop a small airliner especially suitable for feeder traffic . A four-seater machine with a metal fuselage was to be developed that would meet the strength requirements for commercial aircraft and cost no more than 25,000 Reichsmarks. At that time, this price was about a third of the price of competing aircraft. Messerschmitt then developed the M18 from autumn 1925. The engine was the air-cooled 7-cylinder radial engine Sh 11 from Siemens & Halske with 80 HP starting power. The first prototype was made of wood and made its first flight in 1926. As a result, Messerschmitt then switched to an all-metal construction and built the first two series machines with the serial numbers 27 and 28. These were put into service from June 1926 by Nordbayerische Verkehrsflug Fürth accepted a total of 19 machines. A total of 26 aircraft of this type were built in four different variants by 1934. The machine pictured belonged to the Swiss Ad Astra Aero .

Versions

  • M18a with 60 kW (82 PS)
  • M18b with 82 kW
  • M18c with 164 kW (223 PS)
  • M18d with 112 kW to 240 kW (152 PS to 326 PS)

Technical specifications

Three-sided view of the Messerschmitt M18b
Parameter Data Messerschmitt M18b
crew 1
Passengers 3
length 8.00 m
span 15.70 m
height 2.50 m
Wing area 24.80 m²
Wing extension 9.9
Empty mass 650 kg
Max. Takeoff mass 1200 kg
Cruising speed 140 km / h at an altitude of 2000 m
Top speed
Service ceiling 2700 m
Range 435 km
Engines a nine-cylinder Siemens & Halske Sh 12 engine with 100 PS (74 kW)

See also

Web links

Commons : Messerschmitt M 18  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eberhard Kranz: Messerschmitt M 18. Fliegerweb.com, accessed on July 22, 2015 .
  2. ↑ Information on the M18 . In: AERO . Issue 113, pp. 3158 .