FlightGlobal.com
Home
Premium
Archive
Video
Images
Forum
Atlas
Blogs
Jobs
Shop
RSS
Email Newsletters
You are in:
Home
Aviation History
1961
1961 - 1528.PDF
Siebel SIAT 222 THE GERMAN INDUSTRY... It will meet CAR.3 in normal and utility category, is semi-aerobaticand can be used for glider towing. It is not known whether pro- duction is planned. Span, 29ft lOin; length, 22ft 5in; weight empty, 9351b; grossweight, 1,6501b; cruising speed, 137 m.p.h.; landing speed, 53 m.p.h.; rate of climb, 1,76Oft/min; service ceiling, 16,300ft; range, 650 miles. WESER FLUGZEUGBAU GMBH, Werftstrasse 180, Bremen C-160 The Weser concern is responsible for co-ordinating thedesign of the C-160 transport, developed by Arbeitsgemeinschaft Transall. The other participants are Hamburger, Nord (in France)and Blume. Having two Rolls-Royce Tyne R.20 turboprops of over 6,000 e.h.p. each as its primary engines, the C.160 can beequipped with an optional auxiliary installation of two RB 153 turbojets, each of some 4,0001b thrust. Military and civil applica-tions are foreseen and in the former case the parachuting of heavy loads is possible. Span, 131ft; length, 102ft; gross weight (normal), 92,6001b;gross weight (overload), 101,4001b; cruising speed (typical), 310 m.p.h.; take-off distance to 35ft, 1,970ft. DFS 528 Designed by the Institute for Aeronautics, at Munich, this is a high-altitude powered glider intended for research and being built by Weser. It is intended to climb in power to some 60,000ft and to "loiter" for about 4hr. The engine is a Pratt & Whitney JT12A-6 turbojet of 3,0001b thrust. Span is 98ft and gross weight 9,3001b. Siebel SIAT 223 Engines THE principal German engine constructor is BMW TriebwerkbauGmbHof Munich-Allach. Now established production under General Electric licence is the J-79-GE-11A turbojet for the LockheedF-104G. Also participating in the J-79 programme are the Belgian FN and Italian Alfa Romeo concerns. Under Lycoming licenceBMW are building the GO-480-B1A6 piston engine, besides ser- vicing all types of Lycoming-manufactured engines. BMW's own development programme includes, at present, theBMW 6012 gas turbine, with a rating of 90 h.p. and a weight of 991b, and the BMW 8026, a small turbojet of some 1101b thrust and841b weight, intended primarily as an auxiliary unit for powered gliders. Junkers Flngzeug- und Motorenwerke Aktiengesellschaft of Munich are reported to be developing aircraft gas turbines andKlockner-Humboldt-Deutz Aktiengesellschaft of Cologne-Deutz are engaged in the Bristol Siddeley Orpheus programme for theFiatG91. For light-aircraft applications Dr.-Ing. h.c. F. Porsche K-G, ofStuttgart-Zuffenhausen, offer the following piston engines: Porsche 678/1 of 65 h.p.; Porsche 678/3 and 678/3A of 52 h.p.; and Porsche678/4 of 75 h.p. Other piston engines, of about 45 h.p., and desig- nated Stamo 1400A and 1400B, are made by Stark FlugzeugbauKG.ofMinden/Westf. BMW 6012 engine Weser Transall C-160 Bolkow Cobra guided missile Missiles NOW in full production for the German Army and ordered forevaluation by several other countries, the Bolkow Apparatebau Cobra is an infantry anti-tank missile system. Each missile weighs221b, is made largely of plastics, has a range capability between 400m and 1,800m and carries a hollow charge capable of pene-trating 24in of armour plate. Guidance is by single gyro and fluttering spoilers, controlled by wire from the ground. The missilecarries a boost motor which lifts it off the ground without a launcher and can be turned up to 65° off its launch bearing. Bat-teries of eight missiles can be connected to one guidance position. The system includes field check-out box, battery charging adapterand a television simulator for guidance training. Multiple batteries for mounting on jeeps and other vehicles have been developed andthe system has been evaluated by the US 7th Army and by the US Marines. Additional details are on page 617. It is reported that a semi-automatic version of Cobra is beingdeveloped.
Sign up to
Flight Digital Magazine
Flight Print Magazine
Airline Business Magazine
E-newsletters
RSS
Events
