Hansa-Brandenburg W.27
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The Hansa Brandenburg W.27 and W.32 were prototype fighter floatplanes developed in parallel in Germany during World War I. They were developments of and intended replacements for the W.12 then in service and differed from each other principally in the choice of powerplant, the W.27 with a Benz Bz.IIIb and the W.32 with the same Mercedes D.III that the original W.12 used.
Development
File:Hansa-Brandenburg W.32.jpg
Like the W.12, the W.27 and W.32 were single-bay biplanes of largely conventional configuration, unusual only in having no dorsal tail fin, with an all-moving rudder that projected below the fuselage and forward of the rudder post. They differed from the earlier design in having shorter fuselages, more severely staggered wings, and I-struts for both the interplane and cabane bracing, where the W.12 had used more conventional pairs of struts.
Neither prototype resulted in any production orders, and the true successor to the W.12 was to be a monoplane derivative, the W.29.
Variants
;W.27: version powered by a Benz Bz.IIIb
;W.32: version powered by a Mercedes D.III
Specifications (W.27)
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|crew=Two, pilot and gunner
|length m=9.23
|length ft=30
|length in=3
|span m=11.20
|span ft=36
|span in=9
|height m=3.06
|height ft=10
|height in=1
|wing area sqm=36.1
|wing area sqft=389
|empty weight kg=1,109
|empty weight lb=2,444
|gross weight kg=1,619
|gross weight lb=3,569
|eng1 number=1
|eng1 name=Benz Bz.IIIb
|eng1 kw=145
|eng1 hp=195
|max speed kmh=170
|max speed mph=106
|armament = *2 × fixed, forward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) LMG 08/15 "Spandau" machine guns
- 1 × trainable, rearward-firing 7.92 mm (.312 in) Parabellum MG14 machine gun
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References
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- {{cite book |last1=Herris |first1=Jack |title=German Seaplane Fighters of WWI: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes |date=2012 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=Charleston (S.C.) |isbn=978-1-935881-09-4|series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=2}}
- {{cite book|last1=Owers |first1=Colin A. |title=Hansa-Brandenburg Aircraft of WWI: Volume 2–Biplane Seaplanes |date=2015 |publisher=Aeronaut Books |location=n.p. |isbn=978-1-935881-32-2|series=Great War Aviation Centennial Series|volume=18}}
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Category:1910s German fighter aircraft