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    Sablatnig SF-8

    Topic: Engineering

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    SF-8
    Sablatnig SF.8.jpg
    Role Seaplane trainer
    National origin Germany
    Manufacturer Sablatnig
    First flight 1918
    Primary user Imperial German Navy
    Number built At least 3 (out of 33 ordered)

    The Sablatnig SF-8 was a training seaplane produced in Germany during the First World War.[1] While Sablatnig's previous designs for the Imperial German Navy had often seen service as trainers, the SF-8 was purpose-built for this role, at Dr Sablatnig's suggestion.[2] The SF-8 was similar to the firm's earlier designs: a conventional two-bay biplane with staggered wings of unequal span, with open cockpits in tandem.[2]

    Operational history

    The Navy ordered three machines for evaluation (serials 2020–2022) in 1917, which were delivered on 17 January the following year.[3] After evaluation at Warnemünde proved favourable, the Navy ordered the type into production, placing an order for 30 machines and allocating serial numbers 6001–6030 to the batch.[2] It is unclear how many of these were produced or delivered before the end of the war.[2]

    Specifications

    Data from Kroschel & Stützer 1994, p.165

    General characteristics

    • Crew: Two, pilot and instructor
    • Length: 10.20 m (33 ft 6 in)
    • Wingspan: 16.00 m (52 ft 6 in)
    • Height: 3.80 m (12 ft 6 in)
    • Empty weight: 1,183 kg (2,603 lb)
    • Gross weight: 1,574 kg (3,465 lb)
    • Powerplant: 1 × Benz Bz.III , 110 kW (150 hp)

    Performance

    • Maximum speed: 130 km/h (81 mph, 70 kn)
    • Rate of climb: 1.1 m/s (223 ft/min)

    Notes

    1. ↑ Taylor 1989, p.787
    2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Nowarra 1966, p.64
    3. ↑ Gray & Thetford 1962, p.544

    References

    • Gray, Peter; Owen Thetford (1962). German Aircraft of the First World War. London: Putnam. 
    • Herris, Jack (2015). German Seaplanes of WWI: Sablatnig, Kaiserliche Werften, Lübeck-Travemünde, LTG, & Oertz: A Centennial Perspective on Great War Seaplanes. Great War Aviation Centennial Series. 15. n.p.: Aeronaut Books. ISBN 978-1-935881-27-8. 
    • Kroschel, Günter; Helmut Stützer (1994). Die Deutschen Militärflugzeuge 1910–1918. Herford: Verlag E.S. Mittler & Sohn. 
    • Nowarra, Heinz J. (1966). Marine Aircraft of the 1914–1918 War. Letchworth, Harts: Harleyford Publications. 
    • Taylor, Michael J. H. (1989). Jane's Encyclopedia of Aviation. London: Studio Editions. 



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