The Fieseler Fi 167 was a 1930s German biplane torpedo and reconnaissance bomber designed for the new aircraft carriers then being planned. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A biplane is a Fixed-wing aircraft with two main Wings The first powered heavier-than-air Aircraft, the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer Reconnaissance (also scouting) is a military and medical term denoting exploration conducted to gain information An aircraft carrier is a Warship designed with
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Development
With the beginning of the construction of the first carrier Graf Zeppelin in 1937, two aircraft producers, Fieseler and Arado, were ordered to produce prototypes for a carrier-based torpedo bomber. Planning and construction Wilhelm Hadeler had been Assistant to the Professor of Naval Construction at the Technical University of Berlin for nine years when he was appointed to draft The Gerhard Fieseler Werke was a German Aircraft manufacturer of the Arado Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturer originally established as the Warnemünde factory of the A prototype is an original type form or instance of something serving as a typical example basis or standard for other things of the same category Types The torpedo bomber first appeared during the later years of World War I. By the summer of 1938 the Fiesler design proved to be superior to the Arado design, the Ar 195. The Arado 195 was a single-engined Prototype carrier based Torpedo bomber built by the German firm Arado for service on the German
After two prototypes (Fi 167 V1 & Fi 167 V2), twelve pre-production models (Fi 167 A-0) were built. These had only slight modifications from the prototypes. The aircraft exceeded by far all requirements, had excellent handling capabilities and could carry about twice the required weapons payload. Like the famous Fieseler Fi 156 Storch, the Fi 167 had surprising slow-speed capabilities; the plane would be able to land almost vertically on a moving aircraft carrier. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout
For emergency landings at sea the Fi 167 could jettison its landing gear, and airtight compartments in the lower wing would help the aircraft stay afloat at least long enough for the two-man crew to evacuate. In Aviation, the undercarriage or landing gear is the structure (usually wheels that supports an Aircraft on the ground and allows it to taxi
Operations
Since the Graf Zeppelin was not expected to be completed before the end of 1940, construction of the Fi 167 had a low priority. When construction of the Graf Zeppelin was stopped in 1940, the completion of further aircraft was stopped and the completed examples were taken into Luftwaffe service in the "Erprobungsgruppe 167". ( German 'luftvafe is a generic German term for an Air force.
When construction of the Graf Zeppelin was resumed in 1942 the Ju 87C took over the role as a reconnaissance bomber, and torpedo bombers were no longer seen to be needed. The Junkers Ju 87 or Stuka (from Stu rz' ka' mpfflugzeug, " Dive bomber " was a two-seat (pilot and rear gunner Nine of the existing Fi 167 were sent to a coastal naval squadron in the Netherlands and then returned to Germany in the summer of 1943. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands After that they were sold to Croatia. The Independent State of Croatia ( Croatian: Nezavisna Država Hrvatska, NDH was a Puppet state of the Axis powers.
The remaining planes were used in the "Deutsche Versuchsanstalt für Luftfahrt" (German Aircraft Experimental Institute) in Budweis, Czechoslovakia, for testing different landing gear configurations. České Budějovice (ˈtʃɛskɛː ˈbuɟɛjovɪtsɛ colloquially Budějce; Budweis or Böhmisch Budweis, often referred to simply as Budweis in The large wing area and resulting low landing speeds made the Fi 167 'too good' for this task, so in order to test landings with higher wing loads, the two test aircraft had their lower wings removed just outboard of the landing gear.
No examples of this aircraft survive.
Operators
Germany
Romania - Nine were sold to Romania. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania
Specifications (Fi 167)
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General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: 11. 4 m (37 ft 4 in)
- Wingspan: 15. The wingspan (or just span) of an airplane or a Bird, is the distance from the left wingtip to the right wingtip 5 m (44 ft 4 in)
- Height: 4. 7 m (15 ft 9 in)
- Wing area: 45. 5 m² (488 ft²)
- Empty weight: 2,800 kg (6,173 lb)
- Loaded weight: 4,850 kg (9,920 lb)
- Max takeoff weight: 4,850 kg (10,690 lb)
- Powerplant: 1× Daimler-Benz DB 601B liquid cooled inverted V12, 809 kW (1,100 PS)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 325 km/h (203 mph)
- Cruise speed: 250 km/h (155 mph)
- Range: 1,500 km (808 mi)
- Service ceiling 8,200 m (24,606 ft)
- Wing loading: 107 kg/m² (21. The Maximum Takeoff Weight or Maximum Takeoff Mass of an Aircraft is the maximum weight at which the pilot of the aircraft is allowed to attempt to take off WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout V12 redirects here For the V12 Training program see V-12 Navy College Training Program. In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such In Aviation, V-speeds or Velocity-speeds are standard terms used to define Airspeeds important or useful to the operation of Aircraft, such The maximal total range is the distance an Aircraft can fly between Takeoff and Landing, as limited by fuel capacity in powered aircraft or cross-country In Aeronautics, a ceiling is the maximum Density altitude an aircraft can reach under a set of conditions In Aerodynamics, wing loading is the loaded weight of the aircraft divided by the area of the wing 9 lb/ft²)
- Power/mass: 0. Power-to-weight ratio (specific power is a calculation commonly applied to Engines and other mobile power sources to enable the comparison of one unit or design to another 169 kW/kg (0. 112 hp/lb)
Armament
- Guns: 2 × 7. 92 mm MG 17 machine guns
- Bombs:
- 1 × 1000 kg (2,200 lb) bomb
- 1 × 765 kg (1,685 lb) torpedo
See also
Related development
Comparable aircraft
Related lists
- List of World War II military aircraft of Germany
- List of military aircraft of Germany
- List of RLM aircraft designations
External links
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