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Brditschka HB-3

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HB-3, HB-21, and HB-23
Brditschka HB-23
General information
TypeMotorglider
ManufacturerHB-Flugtechnik
Designer
History
First flight23 June 1971[1]

The Brditschka HB-3, HB-21 and HB-23 are a family of motor gliders of unorthodox configuration developed in Austria in the early 1970s.

Design and development

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The unusual design was based on work done by Fritz Raab in Germany in the 1960s. The pilot and passengers sit in a fuselage pod with the engine and propeller behind them. The pod also carries the fixed tricycle undercarriage and the high cantilever wing. The tail is carried on a pair of booms that emerge from the top and bottom of the fuselage pod, the upper of which passes through the propeller hub. The HB-21 has a conventional tail and has two seats in tandem accessed by a sidewards-hinged canopy, while the HB-23 has a T-tail and side-by-side seating accessed via gull-wing doors in the canopy.

The Militky MB-E1 was a modified HB-3 with an 8-10 kW (11-13 hp) Bosch KM77 electric motor. It was the first full-sized, manned aircraft to be solely electrically powered. Flights of 12 minutes duration at up to an altitude of 380 m (1,247 ft) were just within the Ni-Cd battery's capacity. Its first flight was on 23 October 1973.[2]

Variants

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Brditschka HB-3
Single seat powered sailplane, powered by 31 kW (42 hp) Rotax 642 engine, 12.00 m (39 ft 4 in) wingspan.[1]
HB-Flugtechnik HB 21
Tandem two-seat derivative of HB-3 with longer span (16.24 m (53 ft 3 in)) wings.[3]
HB-Flugtechnik HB 21/2400
HB-Flugtechnik HB 21/2400 B
HB-Flugtechnik HB 21/2400 V1
HB-Flugtechnik HB 21/2400 V2
HB-Flugtechnik HB 23/2400
HB-Flugtechnik HB 23/2400 SP
HB-Flugtechnik HB 23/2400 Scanliner
Observation version of HB-23 with bubble canopy and provision to carry FLIR or LLTV pods under the wings.[4]
HB-Flugtechnik HB 23/2400 V2
Militky MB-E1
electrically powered version.[2]

Specifications (HB-23/2400 Hobbyliner)

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Data from Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1990[4]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1
  • Capacity: 1 passenger
  • Length: 8.00 m (26 ft 3 in)
  • Wingspan: 16.40 m (53 ft 10 in)
  • Height: 2.45 m (8 ft 0 in)
  • Wing area: 19.07 m2 (205.3 sq ft)
  • Aspect ratio: 14.1:1
  • Airfoil: Wortmann FX-61-184 at root, FX-60-126 at tip
  • Empty weight: 560 kg (1,235 lb)
  • Max takeoff weight: 760 kg (1,676 lb)
  • Fuel capacity: 76 L (17 imp gal; 20 US gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Volkswagen air-cooled 4-cylinder engine, 73 kW (98 hp)

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 180 km/h (110 mph, 97 kn) (max cruise)
  • Stall speed: 80 km/h (50 mph, 43 kn) (powered)
  • Never exceed speed: 200 km/h (120 mph, 110 kn)
  • Range: 800 km (500 mi, 430 nmi)
  • Endurance: 6 hours
  • Service ceiling: 5,000 m (16,000 ft)
  • Maximum glide ratio: 22:1
  • Rate of climb: 3.80 m/s (748 ft/min)
  • Rate of sink: 1.20 m/s (236 ft/min)
  • Takeoff run to 15 m (50 ft): 160 m (525 ft)

See also

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Related development

Aircraft of comparable role, configuration, and era

References

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  1. ^ a b Taylor 1976, p. 548.
  2. ^ a b Taylor 1974 p.573
  3. ^ Taylor 1976, p. 549.
  4. ^ a b Lambert 1990, p. 8.
  • Coates, Andrew (1980). Jane's World Sailplanes & Motor Gliders new edition. London: Jane's. ISBN 0-7106-0017-8.
  • Lambert, Mark (1990). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1990–91. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Defence Data. ISBN 0-7106-0908-6.
  • Taylor, John W R (1974). Jane's All the World's Aircraft 1974-75. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00502-2.
  • Taylor, John W. R. (1976). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1976–77. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-354-00538-3.
  • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. p. 195.
  • Simpson, R. W. (1995). Airlife's General Aviation. Shrewsbury: Airlife Publishing. pp. 87–88.
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