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Dietrich DP.II Bussard
Role	two-seat training biplane
National origin	Germany
Manufacturer	Dietrich-Gobiet Flugzeugwerke
Designer	Richard Dietrich
First flight	1920s
Number built	54

The Dietrich DP.II Bussard was a 1920s German two-seat training biplane designed by Richard Dietrich and built by the Dietrich-Gobiet Flugzeugwerke as Kassel.^[1]

Development edit

The DP.II was a development of the earlier DP.I with the change to be a cantilever unequal-span biplane.^[1] The DP.II was built with wooden wings and a steel-frame fabric covered fuselage and tailplane.^[1] The aircraft had a fixed tailskid landing gear and was powered by a Siemens-Halske radial engine.^[1] Following the single Siemens-Halske Sh 4 powered prototype was a production run of 58 improved DP.IIa variants powered by Siemens-Halske Sh 5 radial engines.^[2]

Variants edit

DP.IIa in 1925

DP.II: Prototype with a Siemens-Halske Sh 4 radial engine, one built.^[2]
DP.IIa: Production variant with a Siemens-Halske Sh 5 radial engine, 53 built.^[2]

Specifications (DP.IIa) edit

Data from ^[1]

General characteristics

Crew: 2
Length: 5.97 m (19 ft 7 in)
Wingspan: 7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)
Height: 2.43 m (8 ft 0 in)
Empty weight: 340 kg (750 lb)
Max takeoff weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
Powerplant: 1 × Siemens-Halske Sh 5 seven-cylinder, air-cooled, radial engine, 41 kW (55 hp)

Performance

Maximum speed: 145 km/h (90 mph, 78 kn)
Range: 500 km (310 mi, 270 nmi)
Service ceiling: 3,800 m (12,500 ft)

References edit

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Orbis 1985, p. 1454
^ ^a ^b ^c "Dietrich DP II Bussard". www.histaviation.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-14. Retrieved 2010-01-02.