Bücker Bü 182

Bü 182 Kornett
Role	Trainer
Manufacturer	Bücker
First flight	November 1938
Number built	ca. 4

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.

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 ft²)
• 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)
• Range: 850 km (530 miles)
• Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,400 ft)
• Rate of climb: 4.3 m/s (840 ft/min)

See also

• Miles Master

References

Notes

Bibliography

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