| HE 18 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports plane |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Heinkel |
| Maiden flight | 1925 |
The Heinkel HE 3 was a sports aircraft built in Germany in the early 1920s. An aerospace manufacturer is a company or individual involved in the various aspects of designing building testing selling and maintaining Aircraft, Aircraft parts Heinkel Flugzeugwerke was a German aircraft manufacturing company founded by and named after Ernst Heinkel. The maiden flight of an Aircraft is the first occasion on which an aircraft leaves the ground of its own accord This is a list of Aviation -related events from 1925: Events In Germany, in-flight (silent movies shown in commercial It was a conventional, low-wing monoplane with seating for two people in tandem open cockpits. It was a development of the HE 3, but with the side-by-side seating in the forward cockpit dispensed with, the HE 18's fuselage was slimmer. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Also gone were the HE 3's cantilever wings, the HE 18 wings being braced by a pair of struts on each side, arranged in a V-shape with a single attachment point on each side of the upper fuselage. A roll-bar was available that could be fitted in order to protect the occupants in case of a roll-over on the ground. The wings could be folded flat along the sides of the fuselage for transport or storage, and a choice of wheeled or float undercarriage was available.
Specifications (HE 18)
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 1 passenger
- Length: 7. 20 m (23 ft 7 in)
- Wingspan: 11. 10 m (36 ft 5 in)
- Wing area: 17. 5 m² (188 ft²)
- Empty weight: 380 kg (836 lb)
- Gross weight: 600 kg (1,320 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Siemens, 57 kW (75 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 150 km/h (94 mph)
- Rate of climb: 2. 8 m/s (550 ft/min)
References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 498.
- "The Heinkel H.E.18 Sports Monoplane" (26 March 1925). Flight: 175-77. Flight International (or Flight) is a global Aerospace weekly publication