Albatros L 75
# Albatros L 75

The Albatros L 75 Ass (German: "Ace") was a German trainer biplane of the 1920s. Of conventional configuration, it seated the pilot and instructor in separate, open cockpits. The wings were single-bay, equal-span, and had a slight stagger. Production continued after Albatros was absorbed by Focke-Wulf.

## Variants

* L 75 - prototype with BMW IVa engine
* L 75a - production version with BMW Va engine
* L 75b - with Junkers L5 engine
* L 75c - BMW Va engine
* L 75d - BMW Va engine
* L 75E - BMW Va engine
* L 75F - Junkers L5G engine
* L 75DSA - BMW Va engine
* L 75DSB - Junkers L5 engine

## Operators

* DVS

## Specifications (L 75a)

Data from Jane'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 $m^2$ (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 Va six-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 $kg/m^2$ (12.2 lb/sq ft)
* Power/mass: 0.1141 kW/kg (0.0694 hp/lb)
