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Top speed
  
145 km/h

Length
  
5.97 m

Wingspan
  
7.6 m

First flight
  
1920

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Manufacturer
  
Dietrich-Gobiet Flugzeugwerke

The Dietrich DP.II Bussard was a 1920s German two-seat training biplane designed by Richard Dietrich and built by the Dietrich-Gobiet Flugzeugwerke as Kassel.

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Development

The DP.II was a development of the earlier DP.I with the change to be a cantilever unequal-span biplane. The DP.II was built with wooden wings and a steel-frame fabric covered fuselage and tailplane. The aircraft had a fixed tailskid landing gear and was powered by a Siemens-Halske radial engine. Following the single Siemens-Halske Sh 4 powered prototype was a production run of 58 improved DP.IIa variants powered by Siemens-Halske Sh 5 radial engines.

Variants

DP.II
Prototype with a Siemens-Halske Sh 4 radial engine, one built.
DP.IIa
Production variant with a Siemens-Halske Sh 5 radial engine, 53 built.

Specifications (DP.IIa)

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General characteristics

  • Crew: 2
  • Length: 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in)
  • Wingspan: 7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)
  • Height: 2.43 m (8 ft 0 in)
  • Empty weight: 340 kg (750 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh 5 seven-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine, 41 kW (55 hp)

    • Performance

  • Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph; 78 kn)
  • Range: 500 km (311 mi; 270 nmi)
  • Service ceiling: 3,800 m (12,500 ft)

    • References

    Dietrich DP.II Wikipedia
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