Messerschmitt M29

Messerschmitt M29
Type:	Sport plane
Design country:	German Empire
Manufacturer:	Bavarian plane manufacturing
First flight:	April 13, 1932
Number of pieces:	6th

The Messerschmitt M29 was a German sport aircraft designed in 1932 by aircraft designers Willy Messerschmitt and Paul John Hall . Erwin Aichele carried out the first flight on April 13, 1932.

history

The M29 was created in 1932 as a pure competition aircraft for the European sightseeing flight in August 1932 . For this, the Reich Ministry of Transport ordered six machines in October 1931 in order to be able to repeat the successes of the earlier Messerschmitt machines on the European sightseeing flight in 1929 and 1930 . The machine was developed in a short time and was uncompromisingly designed for speed, which led to problems during testing. During flights on August 8 and 9, 1932, the horizontal stabilizer of the first M29 ( D–2259) and of D–2308the aircraft broke in quick succession , resulting in fatal crashes and exclusion from the competition. The remaining machines were then reinforced accordingly. One of the machines ( D–2306) received a seven-cylinder - radial engine Siemens & Halske Sh 14 A with 110 kW (150 hp) and a NACA engine cowling , which allowed a similar speed as the M29, and the name M29b. The machine D–2309crashed during test flights for longitudinal stability measurements on June 14, 1934 in Berlin-Adlershof from a height of about 100 m, where the pilot Otto Seeberg was also killed.

construction

The M29 was a single-engine, two - seat low - wing aircraft in a composite construction . It had flaps and pendulum elevator and a cantilever single-leg chassis. An Argus-As-8-R - in- line engine with 110 kW (150 PS) was used as the engine.

Technical specifications

Three-sided view

Parameter	Data M-29
crew	2
length	7.9 m
span	11.0 m
height	2.00 m
Wing area	14.5 m²
Empty mass	390 kg
Takeoff mass	700 kg
Top speed	260 km / h
Cruising speed	220 km / h
Service ceiling	6000 m
Range	700 km
Engines	an Argus As 8 R with 150 PS (110 kW)

Web links

Commons : Messerschmitt M29 - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Unlucky - The Messerschmitt M 29. Retrieved on December 17, 2018 (an article by Dr. Ernst Vocke).
The Messerschmidt M.29 touring airplane (German). (PDF) A two-seat cantilever monoplane. In: Aircraft circulars No.172. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics , November 1932, accessed July 30, 2018 .

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Manfred Griehl: Messerschmitt. Airplanes since 1925. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-02980-4 , p. 29
↑ Messerschmitt is featured in FliegerRevue August 2010, pp. 56–59
^ Karl Ries: Research on the German Aircraft Role, Part 1 1919–1934. , Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-87341-022-2 , p. 161.
↑ M 29.html M-29 (Histaviation)

[Griehl,_Messerschmitt-1] Manfred Griehl: Messerschmitt. Airplanes since 1925. Motorbuch, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-613-02980-4 , p. 29

[2] Messerschmitt is featured in FliegerRevue August 2010, pp. 56–59

[3] Karl Ries: Research on the German Aircraft Role, Part 1 1919–1934. , Verlag Dieter Hoffmann, Mainz 1977, ISBN 3-87341-022-2 , p. 161.

[4] M 29.html M-29 (Histaviation)