Hansa-Brandenburg W.20

W.20
Role Submarine-launched reconnaissance flying boat
National origin Germany
Manufacturer Hansa-Brandenburg
Number built 3


The Hansa-Brandenburg W.20 was a German submarine-launched reconnaissance flying boat of the World War I era, designed and built by Hansa-Brandenburg.[1]

Design and development

Due to the need to be stored and launched from a submarine the W.20 was a small single-seat biplane flying boat that was designed to be assembled and dismantled quickly.[1] It had a slender hull on which was mounted a biplane wing and a conventional braced tailplane.[1] It was powered by a seven-cylinder, 80 PS Oberursel U.0 rotary engine — basically a German-made near-clone of the Gnome Lambda pre-war French rotary — mounted on struts between the wings driving a pusher propeller.[1] The pilot had an open cockpit just forward of the lower wing.[1] Because of the slender hull stabilising floats were fitted below and at the end of the lower wings.[1] The submarine intended to carry the W.20 was not built and only three W.20s were built.[1]

Specifications (3rd built)

Data from [1]Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft

General characteristics

Performance


See also


Related lists

References

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Notes
  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Orbis 1985, pp. 2098-2099
Bibliography
  • The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982-1985). Orbis Publishing. 
  • Treadwell, Terry C (1999). Strike From Beneath the Sea: A History of Aircraft-carrying Submarines. Stroud, UK: Tempus Publishing. ISBN 0-7524-1704-5. 
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