| HE 3 | |
|---|---|
| Type | Sports plane |
| National origin | Germany |
| Manufacturer | Heinkel |
| Maiden flight | 1923 |
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 1923: Events January Air Union is created by the Merger of It was a conventional, low-wing monoplane with seating for three people in two cockpits in tandem. The wing was a cantilever design, an unusual and advanced feature for the day. The fixed undercarriage was designed to be quickly changed from wheeled tailskid type to twin pontoons for operation as a seaplane. A HE 3 won first prize in its class at the 1923 aero meet at Gothenburg, and was subsequently selected as a trainer by the Swedish Navy, which bought two examples. Gothenburg ( Swedish:) /jœte'bɔrj/ is a city, a municipality, and an urban area on the west-coast of Sweden. In Swedish service, the aircraft gained the nickname Paddan ("Toad").
The HE 3 had fabric-covered wooden wings, and a plywood-covered wooden fuselage.
Specifications (HE 3)
General characteristics
- Crew: One pilot
- Capacity: 2 passengers
- Length: 7. 20 m (23 ft 8 in)
- Wingspan: 12. 10 m (39 ft 8 in)
- Gross weight: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh 6, 105 kW (140 hp)
Performance
- Maximum speed: 150 km/h (94 mph)
References
- Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 498.
- "Gothenburg International Aero Exhibition" (26 July 1923). Flight: 430. Flight International (or Flight) is a global Aerospace weekly publication
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