Albatros L 75

L 75Ass
Role	Trainer
Manufacturer	Albatros Flugzeugwerke
Designer	Walter Blume
First flight	1928
Number built	43

TheAlbatros L 75Ass(German: "Ace") was a Germantrainerbiplaneof the 1920s. Of conventional configuration, it seated thepilotand instructor in separate, opencockpits.The wings weresingle-bay,equal-span, and had a slight stagger. Production continued after Albatros was absorbed byFocke-Wulf.

Variants

• L 75- prototype withBMW IVaengine
• L 75a- production version withBMW Vaengine
• L 75b- withJunkers L5engine
• L 75c-BMW Vaengine
• L 75d-BMW Vaengine
• L 75E-BMW Vaengine
• L 75F-Junkers L5Gengine
• L 75DSA-BMW Vaengine
• L 75DSB-Junkers L5engine

Operators

• DVS

Specifications (L 75a)

Albatros L 75 drawing from Le Document aéronautique November,1928

Data fromJane's all the World's Aircraft 1928,German Aircraft between 1919–1945

General characteristics

• Crew:2
• Length:10 m (32 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan:12.5 m (41 ft 0 in)
• Height:3.25 m (10 ft 8 in)
• Wing area:37 m²(400 sq ft)
• Empty weight:1,150 kg (2,535 lb)
• Gross weight:1,835 kg (4,045 lb)
• Fuel capacity:480 L (130 US gal; 110 imp gal) main, 93 L (25 US gal; 20 imp gal) in reserve gravity-feed tank
• Powerplant:1 ×BMW Vasix-cylinder in-line water-cooled piston engine, 270 kW (360 hp) for take-off 240 kW (320 hp) continuous
• Propellers:2-bladed fixed pitch propeller

Performance

• Maximum speed:217 km/h (135 mph, 117 kn)
• Cruise speed:170 km/h (110 mph, 92 kn)
  
• Landing speed:90 km/h (56 mph; 49 kn)
• Range:1,600 km (990 mi, 860 nmi)
• Service ceiling:5,500 m (18,000 ft)
• Time to altitude:1,000 m (3,300 ft) in 7 minutes
• Wing loading:59.8 kg/m²(12.2 lb/sq ft)
• Power/mass:0.1141 kW/kg (0.0694 hp/lb)

Further reading

• Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989).Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation.London: Studio Editions. p. 56.