Messerschmitt M27

Messerschmitt M27
Type:	Sport plane
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Bavarian plane manufacturing
First flight:	1931
Number of pieces:	12

The Messerschmitt M27 was a German sports and training aircraft that was designed by the aircraft designers Willy Messerschmitt and Paul John Hall in 1931 and brought out by the Bayerische Flugzeugwerke .

history

The M27 was created in 1931 as a further developed version of the M23 . Originally designed as a competition aircraft, it quickly became widespread and achieved a number of notable achievements. The M27 should build on this success.

Versions

The M27 was built in two versions with different engines:

• The three M27a were equipped with a five - cylinder Siemens-Halske Sh 13A radial engine with 88 hp.
• The following M27b and M27b1 received an Argus-As-8A - in- line engine with 120 hp

construction

It was a sports aircraft in the form of a single-engine, two-seat, cantilever low- wing aircraft with a fixed landing gear, a tubular steel fuselage covered with fabric and wooden wings.

Technical specifications

Parameter	Data M27b
crew	2
length	7.9 m
span	12.0 m
height	2.40 m
Wing area	14.50 m²
payload	? kg
Empty mass	420 kg
Takeoff mass	720 kg
Top speed	200 km / h
Cruising speed	170 km / h
Service ceiling	5700 m
Range	700 km
Engines	Argus As 8 with 120 PS (88 kW)

See also

• List of aircraft types

Web links

Commons : Messerschmitt M 27  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ FliegerRevue August 2010, pp. 56–59, Messerschmitt rises
2. ↑ M-27b (Aviation Museum) ( Memento from September 8, 2008 in the Internet Archive )