Akaflieg Berlin B4 F.F.
# Akaflieg Berlin B4 F.F.

The Akaflieg Berlin B4 F.F. was a single-seat aircraft built in Germany in the early 1930s. It was a high-wing monoplane of all-wood construction with fabric-covered foldable wings

## Design and development

In 1931 the Deutsche Luftfahrt-Verband e.V. (DLV) opened a competition for an inexpensive light aircraft. Two entries were put forward; Akaflieg Berlin's B4 F.F. (D-2229) and Dipl.-Ing. Hermann Mayer's MM-1 (D-2230), with both aircraft exhibited at the 1932 Deutschen Luftsport-Ausstellung (DELA) in Berlin.

Like the Mayer MM-1 the B4 F.F. was constructed at the DLV workshops in Adlershof. Design took eight months and construction a further nine.

## Specifications (B4 F.F.)

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General characteristics

* Length: 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
* Wingspan: 9 m (29 ft 6 in)
* Height: 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
* Wing area: 10 $m^2$ (110 sq ft)
* Aspect ratio: 8
* Empty weight: 185 kg (408 lb)
* Gross weight: 285 kg (628 lb)
* Powerplant: 1 × Daimler F7502 , 15 kW (20 hp)
* Propellers: 2-bladed fixed-pitch propeller

Performance

* Maximum speed: 125 km/h (78 mph, 67 kn)
* Service ceiling: 3,500 m (11,500 ft)
* g limits: +8 (ultimate load factor)
* Wing loading: 28.5 $kg/m^2$ (5.8 lb/sq ft)
* Power/mass: 19.18 kg/kW (31.53 lb/hp)
