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German trainer aircraft
The
Albatros L102
(company designation) /
Albatros Al 102
(RLM designation), was a German
trainer aircraft
of the 1930s. It was a
parasol-wing
landplane, seating the student
pilot
and instructor in separate, open
cockpits
. A
biplane
floatplane
version was also built as the
Al 102W
, with
strut-braced
lower wings.
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Variants
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- The landplane version with tailwheel undercarriage and parasol monoplane wing. Eight built.
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- Two examples built as biplane floatplanes, one of which was designated as the
Focke-Wulf Fw 55W
.
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- Al 102L
- RLM designation for the L102L landplane
- Al 102W
- RLM designation for the L102W floatplane
Specifications (L102L)
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Data from
Die Deutsche Luftrustung 1933-1945
[2]
&
German Aircraft between 1919 - 1945
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General characteristics
- Crew:
two
- Length:
8.8 m (28 ft 10 in)
- L102W:
9.4 m (31 ft)
- Wingspan:
13.3 m (43 ft 8 in)
- Height:
3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
- Wing area:
22.2 m
2
(239 sq ft) monoplane
- Al 102W:
31.40 m
2
(338 sq ft) (sesquiplane)
- L102W:
965 kg (2,127 lb)
- Gross weight:
1,200 kg (2,646 lb)
- L102W:
1,350 kg (2,976 lb)
- Fuel capacity:
160 kg (353 lb) + Oil 20 kg (44 lb)
- L102W:
158 kg (348 lb) + Oil 10 kg (22 lb)
- Powerplant:
1 ×
Argus As 10C
inverted V-8, air-cooled piston engine, 177 kW (237 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed:
210 km/h (130 mph, 110 kn) at sea level
- L102W:
185 km/h (115 mph; 100 kn) at sea level
- Cruise speed:
195 km/h (121 mph, 105 kn) at sea level
- L102W:
180 km/h (112 mph; 97 kn) at sea level
- Range:
680 km (420 mi, 370 nmi)
- L102W:
585 km (364 mi; 316 nmi)
- L102W:
3.25 hours
- Service ceiling:
5,000 m (16,000 ft)
- L102W:
4,500 m (14,764 ft)
- Rate of climb:
4.9 m/s (960 ft/min)
- L102W:
3.1 m/s (610.2 ft/min)
- Wing loading:
54.05 kg/m
2
(11.07 lb/sq ft)
- L102W:
42.99 kg/m
2
(8.8 lb/ft
2
)
Notes
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- ^
a
b
c
d
e
f
"Albatros Al 102"
. Germany. Archived from
the original
on 14 June 2011
. Retrieved
9 March
2012
.
- ^
Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993).
Die Deutsche Luftrustung 1933-1945 : Band 1 Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier
(in German). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 36?37 & 236?237.
ISBN
3-7637-5465-2
.
References
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- Nowarra, Heinz J. (1993).
Die Deutsche Luftrustung 1933-1945 : Band 1 Flugzeugtypen AEG - Dornier
(in German). Vol. 1 (1st ed.). Germany: Bernard & Graefe Verlag. pp. 36?37 & 236?237.
ISBN
3-7637-5465-2
.
External links
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Idflieg
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Note: Official RLM designations had the prefix "8-", but this was usually dropped and replaced with the manufacturer's prefix.
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