Brandenburg GW
Brandenburg GW | |
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Role | Torpedo Seaplane |
Manufacturer | Brandenburg |
First flight | January 1916 [1] |
Primary user | Germany |
Number built | 26 [2] |
Wingspan | 21.6 m (70 ft 9 in) [3] |
Engine | 2×160hp Mercedes D.III inlines |
Armament | 730 kg (1,600 lb)[3] torpedo and/or rear flexible Parabellum |
Crew | 2 [3] |
Max Speed | 103 km/h (64 mph)[2][note 1]-127 km/h (79 mph)[3] |
Climb | 910 m (3,000 ft) in 26:30[3] 1,000 m (3,280 ft) in 22:00[2]-29:00[3] |
Endurance | 4:00 [1] |
The Brandenburg GW was a torpedo bomber from 1916. Twenty-six were delivered and most operated from the seaplane station at Angernsee in Courland. [2] When experiments with torpedo-bombing proved unproductive, most were probably converted to patrol and training duties.
Three varieties were built, starting with the first ten in April through August 1916, followed by five with a single rudder and more rounded nose in September 1916-Jan 1917, and a final batch of five in autumn 1917 with a shorter fuselage. One experimental model with larger lifting surfaces was built in 1916.[1]
For more information, see Wikipedia:Hansa-Brandenburg W.
References
- Notes
- ↑ 103 km/h (64 mph) may have been the cruising speed.
- Citations
- Bibliography
- Peter Gray and Owen Thetford. German Aircraft of the First World War. Great Britain, Putnam, 1962, 1987. ISBN 0-85177-809-7.
- Heinz J. Nowarra, Bruce Robertson, and Peter G. Cooksley. Marine Aircraft of the 1914-1918 War. Letchworth, Herts, England: Harleyford Publications Limited, 1966. ISBN 0900435070