BFW M.26
M.26 | |
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Role | Light airliner |
National origin | Germany |
Manufacturer | Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (BFW) |
Designer | Willy Messerschmitt |
First flight | 1930 |
Number built | 1 |
The BFW M.26 was a single-engined cantilever-winged monoplane light airliner built in Germany in 1930. There were no sales and only one was built.
Design and development
The BFW M.26
The M.26 was powered by a 100 hp (45 kW) Siemens Sh 11 radial engine, mounted uncowled with the seven cylinder heads protruding for cooling. It drove a two-bladed propeller.[1]
The aircraft first flew in 1930, but no production ensued and only one M.26 was built. A version with a 175 hp (130 kW)
Specifications
Data from Smith 1971, p. 28
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: two/six passengers
- Length: 7.15 m (23 ft 5.5 in)
- Wingspan: 1.40 m (40 ft 8.25 in)
- Height: 2.30 m (7 ft 6.5 in)
- Empty weight: 460 kg (1,014 lb)
- Gross weight: 700 kg (1,543 lb)
- Powerplant: 1 × Siemens Sh 11 7-cylinder radial engine , 75 kW (100 hp)
References
- Notes
- ^ a b c Smith 1971, p. 28
- Bibliography
- Smith, J Richard (1971). Messerschmitt an aircraft album. London: Ian Allan. ISBN 0-7110-0224-X.