Bücker Bü 182 Kornett

Bü 182 Kornett
Bü 182 Kornett
General information
Type	Trainer
Manufacturer	Bücker
Number built	ca. 4
History
First flight	November 1938

The Bücker Bü 182 Kornett ("Ensign") was a single-seat advanced trainer developed in Germany for Luftwaffe service shortly before the outbreak of World War II.

A single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane, it was intended to give student pilots some experience with an aircraft with performance approaching that of a contemporary fighter, and could carry practice bombs. Production was shelved at the outbreak of war, and only about four examples were ever constructed, all of them destroyed around 1943.^[1]

Development

The last aircraft designed by Anderson, the Bü 182 Kornett, of which only three were built, found no support in the Air Ministry of the Reich, even though it combined technical progress and low-cost. The Bü 182 Kornett was a highly innovative model, fitted with a low-priced high-performance engine, that would have made a good trainer for the Luftwaffe.^[2]

Specifications (Bü 182C)

General characteristics

Crew: One pilot
Length: 6.67 m (21 ft 11 in)
Wingspan: 8.60 m (28 ft 2 in)
Height: 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Wing area: 9.8 m² (105 sq ft)
Empty weight: 315 kg (694 lb)
Gross weight: 510 kg (1,124 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Bücker Bü M700 , 60 kW (80 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 205 km/h (128 mph, 111 kn)
Range: 850 km (530 mi, 460 nmi)
Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
Rate of climb: 4.3 m/s (840 ft/min)

References

Citations

^ König, Erwin. Bücker Bü 180 "Student", Bü 182 "Kornett", Bü 134: Drei geniale Flugzeugtypen, die dem Krieg zum Opfer fielen (Flugzeug Profile 36) (in German). D-86669 Stengelheim, Germany: Unitec Medienvertrieb e.K.
^ "Förderverein Bücker-Museum Rangsdorf". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2015-10-26.

Bibliography

König, Erwin. Die Bücker-Flugzeuge (The Bücker Aircraft) (bilingual German/English). Martinsried, Germany: Nara Verlag, 1987. ISBN 3-925671-00-5.
König, Erwin. Die Bückers, Die Geschichte der ehemaligen Bücker-Flugzeugbau-GmbH und ihrer Flugzeuge (in German). (1979)
Nowarra, Heinz J. Die Deutsche Luftrüstung 1933-1945 (in German). Koblenz, Germany: Bernard & Graeffe Verlag, 1993. ISBN 3-7637-5464-4.
Taylor, J.H. Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions, 1989.
Wietstruk, Siegfried. Bücker-Flugzeugbau, Die Geschichte eines Flugzeugwerkes (in German). D-82041 Oberhaching, Germany: Aviatik Verlag, 1999. ISBN 3-925505-28-8.