Gotha Go 150
{{Short description|1930s German light aircraft}}
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| name = Gotha Go 150 | image = Gotha Go.150 photo L'Aerophile August 1939.jpg | caption = }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type = Light aircraft | national origin = Germany | manufacturer = Gothaer Waggonfabrik | first flight = | number built = 12 }} |
The Gotha Go 150 was a light aircraft designed at the German company Gothaer Waggonfabrik in the late 1930s. It was intended for civilian use, but ended up being used as a military trainer.
Development
In January 1937 Major Werner Junck, chief of the LC II, the technical wing of the Reichsluftfahrtministerium responsible for the development of new aircraft, informed various minor aircraft manufacturers such as Gothaer Waggonfabrik, Bücker, Fieseler, Flugzeugwerke Halle and Klemm that they would not get any contracts for the development of military aircraft. He therefore advised them to concentrate in the development of a Volksflugzeug or a small twin-engined plane. As a result, Gothaer Waggonfabrik developed the Go 150, while the other companies produced the Kl 105, the Si 202, the Bü 180 and the Fi 253.
The aircraft was a twin-engined monoplane with an enclosed cockpit. It was designed by Albert Kalkert, and first flew in 1937. The results of this flight were good, and production began. The aircraft was used to train both civilian and Luftwaffe pilots. The Go 150 was later also used in tests, where it was towed by a Heinkel He 46.{{cite book|title=German aircraft of the Second World War: including helicopters and missiles|year=2002|publisher=Naval Institute Press|isbn=978-1-55750-010-6|author=Kay. Antony L.|author2=John Richard Smith |author3=Eddie J. Creek |page=276}}
Specifications
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|ref=Flugzeug-Typenbuch : Handbuch der Deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1939/40{{cite book |last=Schneider |first=Helmut (Dipl.Ing.) |title=Flugzeug-Typenbuch : Handbuch der Deutschen Luftfahrt- und Zubehör-Industrie 1939/40 |date=1939 |publisher=Gondrom |location=leipzig |isbn=3811206273 |edition=Facsimile reprint 1988 }}
|prime units?=met
|crew=1
|capacity=1 pax
|length m=7.15
|length note=
|span m=11.8
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|height m=2.03
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|wing area sqm=17.5
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|aspect ratio=7.88
- Width folded: {{cvt|3.85|m|0}}
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|empty weight kg=512
|empty weight note=
|gross weight kg=850
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|max takeoff weight kg=1036
|max takeoff weight note={{citation needed|date=January 2020}}
|fuel capacity={{cvt|150|L|USgal impgal}} fuel ; {{cvt|7|L|USgal impgal}} oil
|more general=
|eng1 number=2
|eng1 name=Zündapp Z 9-092
|eng1 type=4-cylinder inverted air-cooled in-line piston engine
|eng1 note={{cvt|50|/|55|PS|hp kW}} take-off/max continuous
|prop blade number=2
|prop name=fixed-pitch wooden propellers
|prop dia m=1.55
|prop dia note=
- Propeller disc area: {{cvt|3.76|m2|2}}
- Propeller loading: {{cvt|26.6|PS/m2|hp/sqft kW/m2}}
|max speed kmh=200
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|cruise speed kmh=185
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- Landing speed: {{cvt|70|km/h|mph kn}}
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|range km=750
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|ceiling m=4500
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|endurance= 4 hours 5 minutes
|climb rate ms=
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|time to altitude={{cvt|1000|m}} in 5 minutes 30 seconds
|lift to drag=
|g limits=+6.03 (ultimate)
|wing loading kg/m2=48.5
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|power/mass={{cvt|0.118|PS/kg|hp/lb kW/kg|3}}
|more performance=
- Fuel consumption: {{cvt|8.13|km/L|mpgus mpgimp}}
- Take-off run: {{cvt|400|m}}
- Landing run: {{cvt|350|m}}
|avionics=
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References
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Bibliography
- {{cite book |last1=Metzmacher |first1=Andreas |title=Gotha Aircraft 1913-1954: From the London Bomber to the Flying Wing Jet Fighter |date=2021 |publisher=Fonthill |location=Brimscombe, Stroud |isbn=978-1-78155-706-8}}
External links
{{commons category|Gotha Go 150}}
- [http://www.luftarchiv.de/index.htm?/flugzeuge/fieseler/fi253.htm Luftarchiv - Fieseler Fi 253]
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{{RLM aircraft designations}}
Category:1930s German civil utility aircraft