Rieseler R III / 22
| Rieseler R III / 22 | |
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| Type: | Sport plane |
| Design country: | |
| Manufacturer: |
Steel mill mark |
| First flight: |
1922 |
| Commissioning: |
1923 |
| Production time: |
1922-1926 |
| Number of pieces: |
approx. 50 |
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The Rieseler R III / 22 was a single-engine aircraft owned by the brothers Werner and Walter Rieseler .
history
In 1921, the brothers Werner and Walter Rieseler developed the Rieseler R II, a small single-seat sport aircraft whose flight characteristics were so good that the company Stahlwerk Mark in Breslau agreed to start series production. A year later the machine appeared as the Rieseler R III / 22 with some improvements . The aircraft became famous in 1923 when it took part in a flight competition in Gothenburg and, above all, when Antonius Raab landed on Unter den Linden in the center of Berlin . The Rieseler R IV was an enlarged version with two seats, but production was discontinued as early as 1927.
construction
The high- wing aircraft designed as a composite construction. The wings and the fuselage consisted of a fabric-covered wooden and tubular steel framework. The aircraft was initially powered by the Haacke HFM 2a two-cylinder boxer engine with an output of 20.5 kW. Later, an Anzani motor with an output of 37 kW (R IIIa / 22) and a self-developed Mark motor with an output of 28.6 kW (R IIIb / 22) were used.
Technical specifications
| Parameter | Rieseler R III / 22 |
|---|---|
| crew | 1 |
| Passengers | - |
| length | 5.28 m |
| span | 7.20 m |
| height | 1.80 m |
| Wing area | 10.00 m² |
| Takeoff mass | 355 kg |
| Cruising speed | 120 km / h |
| Summit height | 3500 m |
| Range | 350 km |
Preserved copies
The only surviving original aircraft with the registration number S-AAR is in the Aviation Museum at Stockholm / Arlanda Airport . A replica is in the Aviation Museum Laatzen-Hannover . Two more replicas have been approved in Germany. One of them is now in the Cottbus Airfield Museum .
See also
literature
- Peter W. Cohausz: German aircraft until 1945 , Aviatic Verlag, ISBN 978-3-942645-12-6
- Bruno Lange: Die deutsche Luftfahrt, type manual of the German aviation technology , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, ISBN 3-7637-5284-6
- Günter Brinkmann, Kyrill von Gersdorff, Werner Schwipps: The German aviation, sport and travel aircraft - guidelines for a diverse development , Bernard & Graefe Verlag, ISBN 3-7637-6110-1
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Aviation Museum Hannover-Laatzen